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gaggio m ‎(plural gaggi) (obsolete)

pledge, guarantee
(law, finance) deposit, security, guaranty (guarantee that debt will be paid; property relinquished to ensure this)
wage, salary
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VI, page 108:
  « […] Ma nel commensurar d'i nostri gaggi ¶ col merto è parte di nostra letizia ¶ perché non li vedem minor né maggi. […] »
  « […] But in commensuration of our wages ¶ with our desert is portion of our joy, ¶ because we see them neither less nor greater. […] »
(figuratively) reward, prize