The word "gage" is correct and can be used in written English. It is a synonym of "pledge" or "security" and can also refer to a challenge or dare. Example 1: I had to give my watch as a gage before I could borrow money from the pawn shop. Example 2: The two friends made a gage that whoever lost the race would have to buy dinner for the other. Example 3: The knight offered his sword as a gage to prove his loyalty and bravery to the king.
As a result, Modern English acquired the forms canal, catch, leal, real, reward, wage, warden, and warrant from Norman French side by side with the corresponding forms channel, chase, loyal, royal, regard, gage, guardian, and guarantee, from Francien.
Gage (often as "Aunt Fanny") was a prolific writer of newspaper articles, children's stories, poems, and novels; she produced most of her work with the intention of providing support for her causes.
It throws down a gage to the aspiring collector of high-toned artworks.
They can also monitor other flight parameters, such as auto-pilot and fuel gage.
Gauge, also spelled gage, in manufacturing and engineering, a device used to determine, either directly or indirectly, whether a dimension is larger or smaller than another dimension that is used as a reference standard.
Attempts to gage the feelings of black S. Africans on the subject-the only ones to come out against investment are either jailed or dead.
As if to underline the growing interest in mobile play, Nokia, the world's leading handset-maker, will next week launch the N-Gage, a hybrid mobile phone and gaming handset.
N-Gage users will be able to take part in multi-player games with people in the same room via a short-range radio connection and with other mobile users via the cellular network.
Called the N-Gage, it is a direct challenge to Nintendo's handheld console, the Game Boy Advance.Just as Microsoft's understanding of computer networking could give it the edge over Sony in online-console gaming, Nokia's wireless expertise could prove a crucial advantage as mobile gaming evolves.
The N-Gage is aimed at the intersection of the two.
As well as the N-Gage, it has also launched a hybrid music-player handset.
