The noun wage has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (70) wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary -- (something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings")
Overview of verb wage
The verb wage has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (9) engage, wage -- (carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe")