A regular payment, usually on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially for manual or unskilled work, That which is paid for a service rendered; what is paid for labor; hire_ now usually in the plural, An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis, verb_ carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns), transitive verb_ To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager, 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, intransitive verb_ obsolete To bind one's self; to engage

Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign, A specific instance of a phenomenon or a class of things, as of a linguistic feature in a sample of a person's speech, that can be isolated for study or analysis, A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for currency, adjective_ Being a product of tokenism; merely symbolic, Perfunctory; minimal, Done as an indication or pledge, transitive verb_ To betoken or symbolize; portend, obsolete To betoken

A statement or indication that inspires confidence; a guarantee or pledge, Freedom from doubt; certainty about something, Pledge; guaranty; surety

The organized activity or an instance of soliciting money or pledges, as for charitable organizations or political campaigns, The legitimate process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses