Synonyms and antonyms of Wages and salaries in British Thesaurus

wage (noun)

an amount of money that you earn for working, usually according to how many hours or days you work each week or month

salary (noun)

a fixed amount of money that you earn each month or year from your job

pay (noun)

money that you receive for doing your job

income (noun)

money that someone gets from working or from investing money

earnings (noun)

the amount of money that you earn

living (noun)

money that you earn to live on

minimum wage (noun)

the smallest amount of money that an employer is legally allowed to pay a worker

performance-related pay (noun)

pay that increases when you are successful at your job and that goes down when you are not successful

starvation wages (noun)

a small amount of money that someone earns that is not enough for ordinary living

rise (noun)

British an increase in pay

advance (noun)

a payment for work that is given before the work is complete

appearance money (noun)

British money paid to a famous person to appear at a public event

award wage (noun)

Australian the smallest amount of money that an employer is legally allowed to pay for a particular type of work

back pay (noun)

money that is owed to someone who works for a company but that has not been paid yet

bread and butter (noun)

informal something that provides your main income

earned income (noun)

the money that you earn for doing your job, including your salary and any other payments that you receive

emolument (noun)

very formal payment that you receive for your work

fixed income (noun)

an income that does not change or get bigger over time

honorarium (noun)

formal an amount of money that someone receives for work that would normally not be paid

living wage (noun)

an income that is big enough for someone to have a normal standard of living

money for old rope ()

money that you earn very easily without much work or effort

OTE (abbreviation)

British on-target earnings: used, in advertisements for jobs, after an amount of money for showing how much an employee will earn if they work as well as their employer expects them to

package (noun)

money and other benefits, for example a car, that someone gets from their employer

pay (noun)

connected with pay

pay cheque (noun)

a cheque from your employer for work that you have done

pay cheque (noun)

the amount of money that you earn in your job

pay day (noun)

the day when you get your pay

payment by results (noun)

British a system of payment in which employees’ salaries depend on how well they do their jobs

pay packet (noun)

British the amount of money that you earn

pay rise (noun)

British an increase in your salary. The American word is pay raise

payroll (noun)

a list of all the people that a company employs and the money that each of them earns

payroll (noun)

the total amount of money paid by a company to the people it employs

pay scale (noun)

a range of different amounts paid for a particular type of work, or for all types of work within an organization

payslip (noun)

a piece of paper that you get from your employer when you are paid, showing how much money you have earned and how much tax has been taken away

piece rate (noun)

a rate of pay by which you get a particular amount of money for each piece of work that you complete rather than for the amount of time it takes to do it

profit-sharing (noun)

a system by which all the people employed by a company get a share in the profits

progress payment (noun)

a payment of part of the money agreed for a job when one part of the job is completed

raise (noun)

American a rise in the amount that you are paid for work

remuneration (noun)

formal payment or other rewards that you get for your work

revenue (noun)

income from business activities or taxes

revenue stream (noun)

the income that an organization gets from a particular activity

reward (noun)

money that you receive for working

scale (noun)

a list showing the amount of money that someone should be paid for a particular job, according to their qualifications, experience etc

take (noun)

informal the amount of money that a business earns in a particular period of time

take-home pay (noun)

the amount of pay that you receive after taxes and other amounts have been taken away

wage (noun)

relating to wages

wage curve (noun)

a line on a graph that shows the relationship between the average pay for workers in a region or industry and the rate of unemployment in that region or industry

wage differential (noun)

a difference in pay between workers with different skills working in the same industry, or workers with similar skills working in different industries or regions

wage-packet (noun)

British a pay packet