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| 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 |
| Concept: | Payment. |
| Category: | 4. Monetary Relations |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
payment, defrayment; discharge; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement., acknowledgment, release; receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands; voucher., repayment, reimbursement, retribution; pay(reward); money paid (expenditure)., ready money (cash); stake, remittance, installment., payer, liquidator.
-verbs
pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind., pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend; put down, lay down., discharge, settle, quit, acquit oneself of; foot the bill; account with, reckon with, settle with, be even with, be quits with; strike a balance; settle accounts with, balance accounts with, square accounts with; quit scores; wipe off old scores, clear off old scores; satisfy; pay in full; satisfy all demands, pay in full of all demands; clear, liquidate; pay up, pay old debts., disgorge, make repayment; repay, refund, reimburse, retribute; make compensation.
-adjectives
paying paid; owing nothing, out of debt, all straight; unowed, never indebted.
-adverbs
to the tune of; on the nail, money down.
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| Antonyms: | nonpayment |
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