PAY SB FOR WORK

money that someone gets paid for their work:

salary – money paid every month, especially directly into a bank, especially to people who work in offices or professional jobs;

wages – money that is paid each week, especially by handing it directly to the worker, to people who work in factories, shops, restaurants, etc.;

wage – an amount of money, usually calculated hourly and paid weekly, which someone is paid for work they do, especially work in a non–professional job;

fee – money paid to a professional person such as a doctor or lawyer for a piece of work;

remuneration – a formal word meaning everything that is paid to someone, especially to an important professional person for the work they do;

money and other things that someone gets in addition to their ordinary job:

overtime– money that is paid to someone for additional hours that they have worked;

bonus – money added to someone's pay, especially as a reward for good work;

commission – money earned by someone whose job is to sell things, based on the value of what they sell;

tip – a small amount of money in addition to the ordinary payment, which you give to someone such as a waiter or a taxi–driver;

fringe benefits – the extra things such as holiday pay, free food, or free health insurance, which a worker receives in addition to their pay;

perk – something valuable or enjoyable that you get from your work apart from pay, especially something you get unofficially.

PLAN

an official plan that a government or organization has for achieving a particular aim:

policy – a plan or set of principles agreed by the members of a government, a political group, a company etc., that says how they intend to deal with a particular subject or problem;

strategy – a carefully planned way of achieving a particular aim, for example success against an opponent in business, war, politics, especially when this may take a long time;

blueprint – a completely new plan for important changes or ways of dealing with a problem;

program (British)/programme (American) – an important plan that continues over a long period of time, especially one organized by a government or a large organization, to develop a new product, provide a service, or deal with a social problem;

project – a planned activity that takes place over a long period of time in order to build or produce something new, or to deal with a particular problem;

scheme – a word used especially in British English meaning an official plan that is intended to help people, for example people who are very poor, without jobs, or who need a better education.

RISK

to deliberately accept a risk when you decide to do something:

take a risk – to decide to do something even though you know there is a risk that it may have bad or unpleasant results;

risk — to do something you know may have unpleasant or dangerous results;

take a chance – to decide to do something that involves some risk, because you are fairly confident that it will have the result you want;

take a calculated risk – to do something that involves risk, after thinking carefully about what might happen and then deciding that it is worth taking a risk;

stick your neck out – an informal expression meaning to give your opinion about something even though you know there is a risk that you may be wrong or that people may disagree with you;

take the plunge – to finally decide to do something which is important but which also involves some risk, after thinking about it very carefully.

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