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| Main Entry: |
wage
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry on |
| Synonyms: | carry out, conduct, do, engage in, fulfill, make, practice, proceed with, prosecute, pursue, undertake |
| 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: | cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | wages |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment for work |
| Synonyms: | compensation, earnings, hire, income, pay, salary |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
Example Sentences
- The recent increase in the minimum wage seems to be a factor in the sharp decline in teenage unemployment.
- The four players were paid a salary instead of an hourly wage.
- One important cause of the recent quiescence of wage pressure may be that prices in general are being held down for other reasons.
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consideration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | baksheesh, commish, commission, fee*, payback, percentage, perk, perquisite, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, something to sweeten pot, tip, wage |
| Antonyms: | debt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose action, belief |
| Synonyms: | argue, bicker, buck*, buckle down, carry on, combat, conduct, contest, continue, defy, dispute, effect, endure, engage in, exert oneself, fall out, force, further, hammer away, hassle, lay into, light into, maintain, make a stand against, oppose, persevere, persist, prosecute, push forward, put up an argument, repel, resist, row, spare no effort, squabble, stand up to, strive, struggle, support, take on, take pains, tangle with, toil on, travail, traverse, uphold, wage, withstand, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, believe, support, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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