gage

About 2.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
2. verb To bet or wager (something).
3. verb To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.
4. noun Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
5. noun Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
6. noun Alternative spelling of gauge.
7. verb Alternative spelling of gauge.
8. noun A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.

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Often followed by

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Word family

Gage Thomas Gage gaged gages gaging gauge