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pays - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earnings from employment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, requital, return, reward, salary, satisfaction, scale, settlement, stipend, wage, wages, defrayment, emoluments, meed, recompensation, stipendium, take-home, takings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money for goods, services |
| Synonyms: | adjust, bequeath, bestow, chip in*, clear, come through, compensate, confer, defray, disburse, discharge, extend, foot*, foot the bill*, grant, hand over*, handle, honor, kick in*, liquidate, meet, offer, present, proffer, put up*, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, settle, stake, bear the cost, bear the expense, cough up, dig up, make payment, plunk down, prepay, take care of |
| Antonyms: | earn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be advantageous |
| Synonyms: | benefit, repay, serve, be worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make amends |
| Synonyms: | answer, atone, compensate, suffer, be punished, get just desserts, suffer consequences |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | profit, yield |
| Synonyms: | bring in, kick back*, produce, return, sweeten*, be profitable, be remunerative, make a return, make money, pay dividends, pay off*, pay out, provide a living, show gain, show profit, yield profit |
| Antonyms: | lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get revenge |
| Synonyms: | avenge oneself, get even, make up for, pay back*, pay one's dues, punish, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, settle a score, square, square things |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjustment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial retribution, payment of claim |
| Synonyms: | agreement, allotment, apportionment, benefit, compensation, compromise, pay, reconciliation, reimbursement, remuneration, settlement, share, stake, stipulation |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money beforehand |
| Synonyms: | furnish, lend, loan, pay, provide |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, 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, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage, annuity, remittance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | atone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate; make amends for former misdoing |
| Synonyms: | absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay one's dues, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take one's medicine |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, better, build, favor, further, improve, pay, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, be good for, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, fill the bill, make a killing, make it, pay off*, work for |
| Antonyms: | handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bounty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus; compensation |
| Synonyms: | donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, pay, premium, present, prize, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | bring in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a profit |
| Synonyms: | accrue, acquire, bear, bring, cost, earn, fetch, gain, get, gross, make, pay, produce, realize, return, sell, yield, be worth |
| Antonyms: | decrease, lose |
| Main Entry: | cash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange for real money |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, change, discharge, draw, honor, liquidate, pay, realize, redeem, break a bill, make change |
| Main Entry: | chip in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contribute |
| Synonyms: | break in*, come through*, interpose, interrupt, pay, pitch in, subscribe, ante up, chime in*, conate, go Dutch |
| Antonyms: | pilfer, take, take away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commendation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving of praise; acclaim |
| Synonyms: | Brownie points*, acclamation, approbation, approval, award, bouquet, credit, encomium, encouragement, honor, panegyric, pat on the back, pay, plum, posy, puff, rave, recommendation, stroke, tribute, PR, good opinion, pat on the head, points, pumping up, shot in the arm, stroking |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, criticism, disapproval, reprimand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share of a profit |
| Synonyms: | allowance, ante, bite*, bonus, chunk, compensation, cut, discount, end*, fee, indemnity, juice, pay, payment, percentage, piece, remuneration, royalty, salary, slice*, stipend, taste, brokerage, cut-in, factorage, piece of the action, rake-off, vigorish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make restitution |
| Synonyms: | atone, come down with*, commit, indemnify, pay, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out*, guerdon, make good, pay up, plank out, pony up, take care of, tickle the palm |
| Antonyms: | deprive, fine, forfeit, lose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread*, consideration, coverage, deserts*, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, wage, counterclaim, damages, defrayal, indemnification, quittance, recoupment, remittal, remittance, take-home |
| Antonyms: | damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dividend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's share, profit |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, extra, gain, gravy*, interest, lagniappe*, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, reward, surplus, taste*, carrot*, divvy, guerdon, meed, remittance, returns |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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