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French
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salaire
, gages
, paie
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Wage
- (v. t.) To expose ones self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
- (v. t.) To give security for the performance of.
- (v. i.) To bind ones self; to engage.
- (v. t.) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
- (v. t.) To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
- (v. t.) To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
- (v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
- (v. t.) That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
- (v. t.) That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
Synonyms:
Earnings, Engage, Pay, Remuneration, Salary,
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• Wagering
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wager
- (a.) Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers.
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• Wagerer
- (n.) One who wagers, or lays a bet.
Synonyms:
Better, Bettor, Punter,
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