I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ hourly , monthly , weekly
▪ full , half (both esp. BrE )
▪
He has taken leave on half ~.
▪ high
▪ low , poor
▪
workers on low ~
▪ average
▪ equal
▪
equal ~ for men and women
▪ base ( AmE ), basic
▪ gross
▪ take-home
▪
the average take-home ~ of a manual worker
▪ holiday ( BrE ), vacation ( AmE )
▪ maternity ( BrE )
▪ overtime
▪ redundancy ( BrE ), severance ( esp. AmE )
▪ retirement ( esp. AmE )
▪ sick ( esp. BrE ), sickness ( BrE )
▪ back
▪
The workers are demanding their back ~.
▪ merit ( AmE ), performance ( esp. BrE ), performance-related ( esp. BrE )
▪ bonus ( esp. AmE ), incentive ( AmE )
… OF PAY
▪ level , rate
▪
The job offers good rates of ~ and excellent conditions.
VERB + PAY
▪ earn , get , receive
▪ give sb
▪ cut , dock , slash
▪
He cut management ~ by 15%.
▪ boost , double , increase , raise
▪
He doubled his ~ by accepting bribes.
PAY + NOUN
▪ day
▪ cheque ( BrE ) ( paycheck in AmE ) , packet ( BrE )
▪
the money in my weekly ~ packet
▪ package
▪
His ~ package including bonuses was worth at least $12 million.
▪ slip ( BrE ), stub ( AmE )
▪ hike ( esp. AmE ), increase , raise ( AmE ), rise ( BrE )
▪ cut
▪ freeze ( esp. BrE )
▪ claim , demand (both esp. BrE )
▪ bargaining , negotiations (both BrE )
▪ agreement , award , deal , offer , settlement (all esp. BrE )
▪ dispute ( esp. BrE ), strike ( BrE )
▪ levels , rates
▪
industrial unrest over ~ levels in the public sector
▪ grade , scale , structure ( esp. BrE )
▪
He's at the top of his company's ~ scale.
▪ equity ( esp. AmE ), parity ( BrE )
▪
Women are still decades away from achieving ~ equity with men.
▪ differential , disparity
PREPOSITION
▪ on … ~
▪
Women are eligible for 18 weeks maternity leave on full ~.
▪ with ~
▪
a day off with ~
▪ without ~
▪
He has been suspended without ~.
PHRASES
▪ a cut in ~ , an increase in ~ , a reduction in ~
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ handsomely , well
▪
She ~s her workers very well.
▪ dearly ( figurative )
▪
He will ~ dearly for what he did.
▪ gladly
▪
I would gladly ~ for the benefits such a tax would bring.
▪ typically
▪
Clients typically ~ about $2 400 per month.
▪ up
▪
I had a hard time getting him to ~ up.
VERB + PAY
▪ have to , must
▪ be able to , can , can afford to
▪
help for those who are genuinely not able to ~
▪ be unable to , cannot , can't afford to
▪
Protesters chanted ‘Can't ~! Won't ~!’
▪ expect (sb) to
▪
You can expect to ~ £200 a night at this hotel.
▪ be liable to ( esp. BrE )
▪
It is for the courts to decide who is liable to ~ damages.
▪ be ordered to , be required to
▪
The company was ordered to ~ the workers £5 000 in compensation each.
▪ agree to , be prepared to , be willing to , offer to , promise to
▪ fail to , neglect to
▪
He was made bankrupt for failing to ~ debts of over £2 million.
▪ refuse to
▪ help (to)
▪
The revenue will be used to help ~ for environmental improvements.
▪ get sb to , make sb
▪
If he had killed Caroline, then Mac was going to make him ~ the price.
▪ let sb
▪
She wouldn't let me ~ for my ticket.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
How much did you ~ for your new car?
▪ to
▪
We ~ £200 a week to our landlord.
PHRASES
▪ ability to ~
▪
Taxation should be based on the ability to ~.
Pay is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bank , ↑ consumer , ↑ job
Pay is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ advance , ↑ arrears , ↑ attention , ↑ balance , ↑ bill , ↑ bonus , ↑ bribe , ↑ call , ↑ cash , ↑ charge , ↑ check , ↑ claim , ↑ commission , ↑ compensation , ↑ compliment , ↑ contribution , ↑ cost , ↑ creditor , ↑ damage , ↑ debt , ↑ deposit , ↑ difference , ↑ dividend , ↑ dowry , ↑ duty , ↑ employee , ↑ equivalent , ↑ expense , ↑ fare , ↑ fee , ↑ fine , ↑ fortune , ↑ instalment , ↑ insurance , ↑ interest , ↑ invoice , ↑ maintenance , ↑ mercenary , ↑ minimum , ↑ money , ↑ mortgage , ↑ penalty , ↑ penance , ↑ pension , ↑ postage , ↑ premium , ↑ ransom , ↑ rate , ↑ recompense , ↑ refund , ↑ regard , ↑ rent , ↑ respect , ↑ reward , ↑ royalty , ↑ salary , ↑ settlement , ↑ staff , ↑ subscription , ↑ subsidy , ↑ sum , ↑ supplement , ↑ support , ↑ surcharge , ↑ tariff , ↑ tax , ↑ toll , ↑ total , ↑ tribute , ↑ tuition , ↑ visit , ↑ wage , ↑ worker