What does the word wage mean?

Usage examples for wage

  1. On the Zarkantha Sector, we used nothing but free wage- labor." – Time Crime by H. Beam Piper
  2. Ever pursued, he found that honest wage- earning was impossible. – The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson
  3. Yet still our tribe shall seek to blast their fame, And ridicule each fair pretender's aim; Where the dull duties of domestic life, Wage with the Muse's toils eternal strife. – The Fatal Falsehood by Hannah More