(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
verb
(obsolete, law, UK) To give security for the performance of
(transitive) To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
(transitive) To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
(transitive, obsolete) To employ for wages; to hire.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.