noun
- The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses.
- synonyms: net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits
- Something that remunerates.
- usage: "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
- synonyms: wage, pay, remuneration, salary
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