English > remuneration: 2 senses > noun 1, possession| Meaning | Something that remunerates. |
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| Synonyms | wage, pay, earnings, salary |
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| Part of | payroll, paysheet | A list of employees and their salaries |
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| Narrower | combat pay | Extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat |
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| double time | A doubled wage (for working overtime) |
| found | Food and lodging provided in addition to money |
| half-pay | Reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time |
| living wage | A wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably |
| merit pay | Extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers) |
| minimum wage | The lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay |
| pay envelope, pay packet | wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner |
| sick pay | wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave |
| strike pay | money paid to strikers from union funds |
| take-home pay | What is left of your pay after deductions for taxes and dues and insurance etc |
| Broader | regular payment | A payment made at regular times |
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| Spanish | asignación, estipendio, ganancias, jornal, nómina, paga, remuneración, retribución, salario, soldada, sueldo |
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| Catalan | estipendi, honorari, jornal, paga, remuneració, retribució, salari, sou |
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| Verbs | remunerate | make payment to |
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