pay vs. earn

pay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: earnings from employment
Synonyms: allowance, bacon, bread, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, requital, return, reward, salary, satisfaction, scale, settlement, stipend, stipendium, take-home, takings, wage, wages
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: pay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give money for goods, services
Synonyms: adjust, bear the cost, bear the expense, bequeath, bestow, chip in, clear, come through, compensate, confer, cough up, defray, dig up, di*****urse, discharge, extend, foot the bill, foot*, grant, hand over*, handle, honor, kick in, liquidate, make payment, meet, offer, plunk down, prepay, present, proffer, put up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, render, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, settle, stake, take care of
Antonyms: earn
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Main Entry: earn
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make money
Synonyms: acquire, attain, be gainfully employed, be in line for, bring home, bring home the bacon, bring home the groceries, bring in, clean up, clear*, collect, consummate, cop, derive, draw, effect, gain, gather, get, gross, hustle, make, make fast buck, make it big, net, obtain, pay one's dues, perform, pick up, procure, profit, pull down, pull*, rate, realize, reap, receive, scare up, score*, scrape together, secure, snag*, sock, turn, win, wrangle
Antonyms: cost, lose, spend, throw away
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: earn
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deserve a reward
Synonyms: acquire, attain, bag, be entitled to, be worthy of, come by, gain, harvest, merit, net, rate, reap, score, warrant, win
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Main Entry: pave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cover with asphalt, concrete
Synonyms: brick, cobblestone, flagstone, gravel, lay asphalt, lay concrete, macadamize, surface, tar, tile
Antonyms: dig up, strip
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