put through vs wage

put through

verb
  • to cause to endure 

  • To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity. 

  • To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening. 

  • To connect (a telephone caller with intended callee). 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through. 

noun
  • A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together. 

wage

verb
  • To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest). 

  • To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. 

noun
  • An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour. 

How often have the words put through and wage occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )