<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week</li><li>the share of the products of industry received by labor for its work (as distinct from the share going to capital)</li><li>recompense or return: The wages of sin is death</li><li>(obsolete) a pledge or security</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)<ul><li>to carry on (a battle, war, conflict, argument, etc.): to wage war against a nation</li><li>(chiefly British dialect) to hire</li><li>(obsolete) to stake or wager; to pledge</li></ul></li><li>(used without object)<ul><li>(obsolete) to contend; struggle</li></ul></li></ul>