noun, masculine/ɡaʒ/plural: gages
pledge, guarantee; deposit, security, guaranty (guarantee that debt will be paid; property relinquished to ensure this); forfeit (something deposited as part of a game); proof, evidence, assurance; wages, salary
Inherited from Middle French gage, from Old French gage, guage, from Early Medieval Latin wadius (attested in the Reichenau Glossary), from Frankish *waddī.