i. ücret, maaş. Our wages have gone up after new year. (Yılbaşından sonra maaşlarımız arttı.)

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 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.