1. wage - Noun
2. wage - Verb
To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.
To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.
To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.
To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
To give security for the performance of.
To bind one's self; to engage.
That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWar is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves. Leo Tolstoy
The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity. U Thant
The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state as a mass entity represents a low moral and intellectual level. Christian Lous Lange
A good conscience is better than a big wage. Jamaican Proverb
You cannot wage war without the sound of gunpowder. Malian Proverb
It is easier to wage war with wise enemies than be at peace with foolish friends. Afghan Proverb