| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money earned by work or investments |
| Synonyms: | assets, avails, benefits, bottom line, cash, cash flow, commission, compensation, dividends, drawings, earnings, gains, gravy, gross, harvest, honorarium, in the black, interest, livelihood, means, net, pay, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, returns, revenue, royalty, salary, take home, wage |
| Antonyms: | bills, debt, expenses |
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
| Antonyms: | damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
| Main Entry: | earnings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for work performed |
| Synonyms: | balance, bottom line, emolument, gain, gate, groceries, in the black, income, lucre, net, pay, payoff, piece of the pie, proceeds, profit, receipts, remuneration, return, revenue, reward, salary, salt, stipend, take-home, takings, wages |
| Antonyms: | bills, debt, losses, payout |
| Main Entry: | net |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profiting |
| Synonyms: | after deductions, after taxes, clear, excluding, exclusive, final, irreducible, pure, remaining, take-home, undeductible |
| Antonyms: | unprofitable |
| 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 |
| 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: | wage/wages |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earnings for work |
| Synonyms: | allowance, bacon and eggs, bacon, bread, compensation, cut, emolument, fee, hire, pay, payment, price, receipts, recompense, remuneration, return, returns, reward, salary, share, stipend, sugar*, take*, take-home |
| Main Entry: | take-home pay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pay after deductions |
| Synonyms: | net earnings, net income, net pay, net wages, real wages, take-home, take-home income, taxable income, wages after taxes |
| Main Entry: | indemnification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compensation |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnity, meet, offset, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, repayment, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, setoff, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |