Wage v. t. : To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.

Wage v. t. : To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

Wage v. t. : To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war.

Wage v. t. : To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

Wage v. t. : To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.

Wage v. t. : To give security for the performance of.

Wage v. i. : To bind one's self; to engage.

Wage v. t. : That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.

Wage v. t. : That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.

Example:
If the State minimum Wage is higher than the Fed minimum Wage, do both posters have to be up at work ?

Taxonomy
Wage, Compensation, worker, wage rates, Compensation of employees, free encyclopedia, United States, Search, average wages, labor, traditions, Articles with unsourced statements, pledge, wager, collective bargaining, Davis-Bacon Act, minimum wage laws, Employee benefit.

Defination from the web:
wages is given to worker and compensation in terms of salary is given to employees. ... Although states and cities can and sometimes do set a minimum wage, the Fair Labor Standards Act requires a minimum wage at the federal level. ...