| Main Entry: |
pay |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
earnings from employment |
Synonyms: |
allowance, bacon, bread,
commission,
compensation,
consideration, defrayment, emoluments,
fee,
hire*, honorarium,
income, indemnity, meed,
payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds,
profit, reckoning, recompensation,
recompense,
redress, reimbursement,
remuneration,
reparation, requital,
return,
reward,
salary,
satisfaction,
scale,
settlement, stipend, stipendium, take-home, takings, wage, wages
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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