GAGES

noun

1. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
2. Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.

noun

1. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.

noun

1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
2. An act of measuring.
3. An estimate.