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(countable, Britain) An exchequer loan.
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(transitive) To fund a project; to underwrite something.
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A bonus paid by a buyer in addition to normal payments or cost. Usually such payment is made to an auctioneer or merchandise club to cover administrative costs.
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To deduct union members' dues from their wages.
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(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
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A dead soldier whose pay is illicitly claimed by another person.
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To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest
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(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
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(business) Money which is collected at the time of entering for admission to an event or other entertainment.
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(formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
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A non-wage compensation provided to an employee in addition to his normal wage or salary.
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Money needed to gain admittance to an event or an organisation
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(in former British colonies) travel allowance; money paid to an official to cover travel expenses
adj
Required to pay a fee for a service
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(business) A payment given to an intermediary or middleman in a business deal in return for finding and connecting the two parties to the transaction.
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The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself
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An amount of pay, wages, salary, or other compensation before deductions, such as for taxes, insurance, and retirement.
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Reduced pay, as of naval or military officers when not in active service.
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Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
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(Canada) Additional money paid to workers based in remote communities to compensate for higher living and travel costs.
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money needed to gain entry, or membership, to an event or an organisation.
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Alternative form of live paycheck to paycheck [(US, idiomatic) To have the entirety of what one earns consumed by living expenses, thus having nothing left over to save; make just enough (money, etc.) to survive; to scratch by.]
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A state-enforced limit on how much an individual can earn.
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The lowest rate at which an employer can legally pay an employee; usually expressed as pay per hour.
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(obsolete) The crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.
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(Britain, Ireland) A form that an employee receives when they terminate their employment, detailing income for social security and taxation purposes for the current financial year.
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Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
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Alternative form of paycheck [(US) Money received on payday as payment for work performed.]
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Alternative form of paycheck [(US) Money received on payday as payment for work performed.]
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The day of the week/month etc. when wages are issued.
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A period in which no wage or salary increases occur, when wages and salaries are frozen.
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The difference in salaries between one group and another.
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(figuratively) Level of authority or responsibility (since pay rate, authority and responsibility generally increase similarly).
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The office or department in charge of payments to troops, employees, etc.
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(by extension, idiomatic) The amount a person earns from employment.
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(UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) An increase in salary or wages.
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Alternative form of payrun [(accounting) The periodic calculation of a payroll.]
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Alternative form of payslip [A small document, included with an employee's wage or salary, giving details of money earned and tax and insurance paid.]
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A tiered range of salaries for different jobs or for those who have been in a job for differing amounts of time.
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(business, finance) Paper provided by employer to an employee as an indication of payment of wages or salary; it generally includes details such as the amount of tax withheld, and is attached to the payment if by check.
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Any kind of charge to engage in an activity.
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A pay grade; one of the levels of payment making up a payscale.
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(UK, naval slang) An accountant.
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(US) Money received on payday as payment for work performed.
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Alternative form of paycheck [(US) Money received on payday as payment for work performed.]
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The day of the week or month, or the specific day, on which an employee's wages or salary is paid.
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(Britain, finance) Initialism of pay as you earn. [(Britain) The national system whereby income tax and national insurance is deducted by an employer from the salary or wages of an employee.]
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(finance) A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the fixed leg and receive the floating leg.
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(US) Acronym of pay-as-you-go. [(economics) A financial policy by which capital projects are financed from current revenue in the operating budget rather than through borrowing.]
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The minimum salary associated with a pay grade.
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An official in charge of payments to employees, troops, etc.
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(US) Alternative form of pay raise
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(UK) Alternative form of pay rise [(UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes Canada) An increase in salary or wages.]
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The total sum of money paid to employees.
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A person who is on a payroll.
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Someone on a payroll; someone who earns a salary.
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(accounting) The periodic calculation of a payroll.
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A document indicating the amount of money to be paid to an employee.
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A small document, included with an employee's wage or salary, giving details of money earned and tax and insurance paid.
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Alternative spelling of pay stub [(business, finance) Paper provided by employer to an employee as an indication of payment of wages or salary; it generally includes details such as the amount of tax withheld, and is attached to the payment if by check.]
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(Australia, industrial relations) A mandated minimum rate of pay which is higher than the usual minimum wage, paid to an employee when working on weekends, public holidays, overtime, late night shifts or early morning shifts.
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The monetary amount paid per unit of production in the reward scheme of piece work, contrasting with hourly wage and salary.
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To pay as one's personal tax.
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(business) Money paid to a salesperson in a retail outlet in exchange for their promoting a particular brand.
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A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
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A limit on the salaries paid to the employees of an organization imposed by government or some other body
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The inclusion of employee benefits in a remuneration package in exchange for giving up part of the monetary salary.
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The process where some of an employee's pay is retained by the employer to cover benefits such as parking, childcare, or meals.
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Obsolete spelling of salary [A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.]
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Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment has ended.
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Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment has ended.
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A fee charged for a service, typically to cover administration or processing costs.
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Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment is ended, often in exchange of waiver.
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Money that an employer pays to an employee when the employee leaves the company in case of layoffs, often in exchange for some kind of waiver.
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The net earnings of a salary or wage earner.
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Alternative spelling of take-home pay [The net earnings of a salary or wage earner.]
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(transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company).
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The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.
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(countable) A monetary benefit to an employer under this law.
adj
(labor) Relating to the two-tier system, a payroll system in which one group of workers receives lower wages and/or benefits than another.
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(economics) A fee for government-provided goods or services, charged to the user.
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(US, taxation) A form reporting one's compensation as an employee during a year at an employer or personal income taxation.
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(US, taxation) Abbreviation of withholding. [The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.]
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(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
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(taxation, US) A compensation, received as gratuities, which has been paid for employment by an employer.
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(figuratively) The salary of an employee
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(economics) The average amount that the wages of members of a certain group are greater than those of the population as a whole
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(business, labor relations) A system of remuneration for workers which specifies levels of payment based on set criteria, such as the skill levels of the various jobs or the number of years of experience possessed by workers.
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The practice of hiring workers for wages.
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The deduction of taxes from an employee's salary.
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