gage

US /ɡeɪdʒ/
UK /ɡeɪdʒ/
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ölçüm

a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith.

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ölçüm

offer (an object or one's life) as a guarantee of good faith.

:
a guide sent to them by the headman of this place gaged his life as a forfeit if he failed