meaning of wagers

1. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
2.
To expose ones self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
3.
To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
4.
To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
5.
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
6.
To give security for the performance of.
7.
To bind ones self; to engage.
8.
That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
9.
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
10.
something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their ">earnings"


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