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gage

UK/ɡeɪd͡ʒ/ US/ˈɡeɪdʒ/ uncommon archaic dated obsolete slang uk us
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

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verb

1.

place a bet on

  • “Which horse are you backing?”
  • “I”
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Origin

From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.

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