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1. (n.) wage
Often, wages. money that is paid or received for work or services.
2. wage
wages, recompense or return:
The wages of sin is death.
3. wage
Obs. a pledge or security.
4. (v.t.) wage
to carry on (a battle, argument, etc.):
to wage war.
5. wage
Obs.
6. wage
to stake or wager.
7. wage
to pledge.
8. (v.i.) wage
Obs. to contend; struggle.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME: pledge, security < AF; OF guagegage1< VL *wadium < Gmc (see wed ))
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| Definition of 'wage' |
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1. (verb) wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary
something that remunerates
"wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
2. (verb) engage, wage
carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
"Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
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| Definition of 'wage' |
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1. (verb) wage
to pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar
2. (verb) wage
to expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard
3. (verb) wage
to engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war
4. (verb) wage
to adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out
5. (verb) wage
to put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to
6. (verb) wage
to give security for the performance of
7. (verb) wage
to bind one's self; to engage
8. (verb) wage
that which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage
9. (verb) wage
that for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages
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Sense: to carry on or engage in (especially a war)
The North waged war on/against the South.
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 Afrikaans: voer |
 Arabic: يَشُنُّ حَرْبا |
 Bulgarian: водя |
 Brazilian: empreender |
 Czech: vést/rozpoutat (válku) |
 German: führen |
 Danish: føre (krig) |
 Greek: διεξάγω (πόλεμο) |
 Spanish: hacer (la guerra), librar |
 Estonian: (sõda) pidama |
 Farsi: به جنگ وارد شدن |
 Finnish: käydä |
 French: faire (la guerre) |
 Hebrew: לַעֲרוֹך |
 Hindi: जंग करना |
 Croatian: voditi rat |
 Hungarian: hadat visel vki ellen |
 Indonesian: melancarkan |
 Icelandic: heyja (stríð) |
 Italian: intraprendere |
 Japanese: 行なう |
 Korean: (전쟁, 투쟁, 토론 등을) 하다 |
 Lithuanian: kariauti |
 Latvian: uzsākt karu; karot |
 Malay: memerangi |
 Dutch: voeren |
 Norwegian: føre (krig) |
 Polish: prowadzić, rozpętać |
 Persian: به جنگ وارد شدن |
 Pashto: بوختېدل، برمخ بيول، برخه |
 Portuguese: empreender |
 Romanian: a purta (război) |
 Russian: вести |
 Slovak: viesť / rozpútať (vojnu) |
 Slovenian: spustiti se v |
 Serbian: voditi |
 Swedish: utkämpa, föra |
 Thai: เข้าร่วมต่อสู้ |
 Turkish: başlatmak, açmak |
 Taiwanese: 發動(尤指戰爭) |
 Ukrainian: вести (війну) |
 Urdu: جنگ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tiến hành |
 Chinese: 进行（战争、运动） |
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