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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | compensation, pay, profit, returns |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acquisition, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accretion, accrual, accumulation, achievement, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, attainment, benefit, boost, buildup, cut, dividend, earnings, emolument, gravy, growth, headway, hike, improvement, income, increase, increment, lucre, payoff, proceeds, produce, profit, progress, receipts, return, rise, share, take, up*, upping, velvet*, yield |
| Antonyms: | expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | product |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result or goods created |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, amount, artifact, blend, brand, brew, by-product, commodity, compound, concoction, confection, consequence, contrivance, creation, crop, decoction, device, effect, emolument, fabrication, fruit, gain, handiwork, invention, issue, legacy, line, manufacture, merchandise, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, output, preparation, produce, production, profit, realization, result, returns, spinoff, stock, synthetic, upshot, work, yield |
| Antonyms: | cause, resource |
| Main Entry: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something returned, paid back |
| Synonyms: | amends, atonement, bus fare, compensation, cue, damages, emolument, expiation, gravy, indemnification, indemnity, overcompensation, pay, payment, propitiation, quittance, recoupment, recovery, redemption, redress, remuneration, reparation, repayment, requital, restitution, retrieval, retrievement, return, reward, salvo, satisfaction, solatium, sweetener, tip, wages |
| Antonyms: | take |
| Main Entry: | reparation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation, amends |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, apology, atonement, damages, dues, emolument, expiation, indemnification, indemnity, making good, payment, penance, propitiation, quittance, recompense, redemption, redress, remuneration, renewal, repair, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, retribution, reward, satisfaction, settlement, squaring things |
| Antonyms: | extortion, penalty, theft |
| Main Entry: | revenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | income, profit |
| Synonyms: | acquirement, annuity, bottom line, cash flow, credit, dividend, earnings, emolument, fruits, fund, gain, gate*, get*, gravy, handle*, interest, means, net, pay, payoff, perquisite, proceeds, receipt, resources, return, reward, salary, split*, stock, strength, take*, takings, wages, wealth, yield |
| Antonyms: | debt, payment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | stipend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment for services |
| Synonyms: | allowance, award, consideration, emolument, fee, gratuity, hire, pay, pension, salary, take, wage |
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