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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | what is due one |
| Synonyms: | chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, deserving, discipline, disciplining, due, get hers, get his, guerdon, lumps, meed, merit, payment, penalty, punishment, recompense, requital, retribution, return, revenge, reward, right, talion, what is coming to one, what one is asking for |
ərt| Main Entry: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, scope |
| Synonyms: | admeasurement, admensuration, allotment, allowance, amount, amplification, amplitude, area, bang, breadth, bulk, capacity, degree, depth, dimension, distance, duration, extent, fix, frequency, height, hit, magnitude, mass, meed, mensuration, nip, part, pitch, proportion, quantity, quantum, quota, range, ratio, ration, reach, share, shot, size, slug, span, strength, sum, volume, weight |
| Main Entry: | part |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece, portion of something |
| Synonyms: | allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient, installment, item, limb, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, module, moiety, molecule, organ, parcel, particle, partition, piece, quantum, quota, ration, scrap, section, sector, segment, share, side, slab, slice, sliver, splinter, subdivision, unit |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reward, prize |
| Synonyms: | asset, bonus, carrot, catch*, cream*, dividend, find, meed, nugget, pick, premium, treasure |
| Antonyms: | penalty, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | portion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, cut, ration |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, bang, bit, chunk, division, divvy, drag*, dram, excerpt, extract, fix, fraction, fragment, gob, helping, hit, hunk, lagniappe, lion's share, lot, lump, measure, meed, member, moiety, morsel, parcel, part, piece, piece of action, plum, quantity, quantum, quota, scrap, section, segment, serving, shot*, slug, smithereen, taste |
| Antonyms: | all, entirety, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | premium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus, prize |
| Synonyms: | appreciation, boon, bounty, carrot, dividend, extra, fee*, gravy, guerdon, meed, percentage, perk*, perquisite, plum, recompense, regard, remuneration, reward, spiff, stock, store, value |
| Antonyms: | lowness, paucity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award, winnings |
| Synonyms: | accolade, acquirement, acquisition, advantage, blue ribbon, bonus, bounty, cake*, capture, carrot, championship, citation, crown, decoration, dividend, feather in cap, first place, gold star, gold*, gravy, guerdon, haul, honor, inducement, jackpot, laurel, loot*, medal, meed, payoff, pickings, pillage, plum, plunder*, possession, premium, privilege, purse, recompense, requital, reward, scholarship, spoil, spoils, stakes, strokes, swag*, title, trophy, windfall |
| Antonyms: | blame, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quota |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion allotted to something |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, bite, chunk, cut, division, divvy, end, lot, measure, meed, part, partage, percentage, piece, piece of action, proportion, quantum, ration, share, slice, split |
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