(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

(transitive, obsolete) To wager, bet.

(transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

(transitive, obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.

(transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).

(transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

(obsolete, law, UK) To give security for the performance of