- wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary - something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
--1 is a kind of regular payment
--1 is a part of payroll, paysheet
--1 has particulars:combat pay; double time; found; half-pay; living wage; merit pay; minimum wage; pay envelope, pay packet; sick pay; strike pay; take-home pay Derived form: verb remunerate1 - remuneration - the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses; "adequate remuneration for his work"
--2 is a kind of payment, defrayal, defrayment
Derived form: verb remunerate1