gage

Definitions

The bare root, from Old French gager. A gage is a pledge or security handed over as a guarantee — to 'gage' something is to stake or pawn it. It is the ancestor of the whole engage family and survives most visibly inside mortgage ('dead pledge').

Common Collocations

• 1.a gage of……的信物/抵押
• 2.throw down the gage下战书
• 3.as a gage作为担保

Example Sentences

• 1.

  He left his watch as a gage until the debt was paid.

• 2.

  The knight threw down his glove as a gage of battle.