Gage

Verb

 * 1)  To measure.
 * 2)  To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn
 * 3)  To wager, to bet.

Noun

 * 1) Something, such as a glove or other pledge thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).

Thesaurus
DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, antidepressant, ataractic, bail, battle cry, bid to combat, bond, challenge, dare, defi, defy, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, double dare, earnest, earnest money, escrow, gage of battle, ganja, gauntlet, glove, grass, hallucinogen, handsel, hash, hashish, hay, hemp, hock, hostage, joint, kava, mainprise, marijuana, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, morning glory seeds, pawn, peyote, pignus, pledge, pot, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, rebel yell, recognizance, reefer, replevin, replevy, roach, stick, surety, tea, token payment, tranquilizer, undertaking, vadimonium, vadium, war cry, war whoop, weed

Etymology
From Old (and modern) French gager (verb), gage (noun), from Frankish *waddi, from Germanic ( > English wed).

Noun

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Etymology
, from *undefined: (a Germanic legal term, cognate with Old English wedd:).

Noun

 * 1) a pledge or security
 * 2) a guarantee
 * 3) proof, evidence