(n.) Financial compensation; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings\.

amends atonement base pay blood money compensation consideration damages dismissal wage earnings emolument escalator clause escalator plan financial remuneration gross income guaranteed annual wage guerdon hire honorarium income indemnification indemnity living wage meed minimum wage net income pay pay and allowances payment payroll portal-to-portal pay price purchasing power quittance real wages recompense redress reimbursement reparation repayment requital requitement restitution retribution return reward salary salvage satisfaction severance pay sliding scale smart money solatium stipend take-home take-home pay taxable income total compensation wage wage control wage freeze wage reduction wage rollback wage scale wages wages after deductions wages after taxes wergild