ペイpei

1. nounpay; salary
2. suru verbto pay (off); to be profitable
3. nounheroin

• SynonymサラリーNeutralLoanword for a fixed salary paid at regular intervals; common in 「サラリーマン」. Unlike ペイ, it never works as 「ペイする」 for being profitable.
• Synonym給与きゅうよNeutralUmbrella term covering wages plus allowances; the word of HR systems and documents, as in 「給与明細」. ペイ is a colloquial loanword.
• Synonym給料きゅうりょうNeutralThe everyday word for pay — the default choice. ペイ is a loanword rarely used alone, mostly in compounds, and can also mean being profitable.
• Synonym賃金ちんぎんWrittenWritten word for wages, the term of law and labour statistics, as in 「最低賃金」; in daily conversation say 「給料」.
• Synonym報酬ほうしゅうNeutralRemuneration for work or services, not limited to employment, as in 「弁護士報酬」. ペイ mostly refers to salary-type pay.
• Synonym給金きゅうきんNeutralOld-fashioned word for wages, now mostly seen in set phrases like the sumo term 「給金直し」; in daily use say 「給料」.
• Related労賃ろうちんWrittenWritten, economics-flavoured word for wages, especially for manual labour. ペイ is a loanword that mostly appears in compounds.
• Related俸給ほうきゅうFormalFormal, legal-register term for the periodic salary of civil servants and company employees; in everyday speech say 「給料」.
• Related俸禄ほうろくWrittenHistorical term for the stipends of samurai and officials; not used for modern pay — say 「給料」 or 「給与」 today.
• Related賃銭ちんせんWrittenOld-fashioned word for payment for labour or for the use of goods (wages, hire fees); rarely used today — say 「賃金」 or 「料金」.

「ペイ」 mostly appears in compounds for pay, and as 「ペイする」 it means paying off or being profitable. For everyday wages say 「給料」; in company systems and documents say 「給与」; for pay for work or services say 「報酬」. 「サラリー」 is another loanword for a fixed salary, and 「賃金」 is the written term for wages.

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1. 支払しはらうこと。
2. 採算さいさんがとれること。
3. 賃金ちんぎん。報酬ほうしゅう。