| Main Entry: | salary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money paid for work done |
Synonyms: |
bacon, bread, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, income, pay, payroll, recompense, remuneration, scale, stipend, take, take-home, wage, wages |
| Notes: | salary is from Latin salarium - originally prize money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt; a person receiving regular payment for work is receiving a salary, while one who is paid by the hour or for an amount of work done is being paid a wage |
Antonyms: |
debt |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
Synonyms: |
aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share of a profit |
Synonyms: |
allowance, ante, bite*, bonus, brokerage, chunk, compensation, cut, cut-in, discount, end*, factorage, fee, indemnity, juice, pay, payment, percentage, piece, piece of the action, rake-off, remuneration, royalty, salary, slice*, stipend, taste, vigorish |
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
Synonyms: |
advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
Antonyms: |
damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
| Main Entry: | consideration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
Synonyms: |
baksheesh, commish, commission, fee*, payback, percentage, perk, perquisite, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, something to sweeten pot, tip, wage |
Antonyms: |
debt |
| Main Entry: | earnings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for work performed |
Synonyms: |
balance, bottom line, emolument, gain, gate, groceries, in the black, income, lucre, net, pay, payoff, piece of the pie, proceeds, profit, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt, stipend, take-home, takings, wages |
Antonyms: |
bills, debt, losses, payout |
| Main Entry: | fee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge for service or privilege |
Synonyms: |
account, ante, bill, bite*, chunk, commission, compensation, consideration, cost, cut*, emolument, end*, expense, gravy, handle, hire, honorarium, house*, juice*, pay, payment, percentage, piece of the action, piece*, price, rake-off, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, take-in, toll, wage |
| Main Entry: | income |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money earned by work or investments |
Synonyms: |
assets, avails, benefits, bottom line, cash, cash flow, commission, compensation, dividends, drawings, earnings, gains, gravy, gross, harvest, honorarium, in the black, interest, livelihood, means, net, pay, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, returns, revenue, royalty, salary, take home, wage |
Antonyms: |
bills, debt, expenses |
| Main Entry: | money |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | currency accepted as exchange for goods, services |
Synonyms: |
almighty dollar, banknote, bankroll, bill, bread, bucks, capital, cash, check, chips, coin, coinage, dough, finances, fund, funds, gold, gravy, greenback, hard cash, legal tender, loot*, medium of exchange, pay, payment, pesos, property, resources, riches, roll, salary, silver, specie, treasure, wad, wage, wealth, wherewithal |