wage

(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.

“Before her promotion, her wages were 20% less.”

To wager, bet.

To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

To employ for wages; to hire.

To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).

To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.

To give security for the performance of.