Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| abonnement | (Fr.) a subscription, as for a season ticket or newspaper. |
| annuitise annuitize | to commence a series of payments from the capital that has accumulated in an annuity. |
| annuity | an allowance or income paid at regular intervals. |
| arrearage | that which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part. |
| bill | a written account of money owed; (verb) to charge someone for services. |
| biller | one that bills. |
| bonus | an additional payment;; (verb) in Scrabble, to play all seven of one's tiles in a single turn. |
| breadwinning | the act of earning a living. |
| budget | a plan of domestic or business expenditure; (verb) to estimate expenditures. |
| buyoff | the act of buying off, paying (a person or group) to drop a charge, end opposition, relinquish a claim, etc. |
| carfare | payment for a bus or car ride. |
| copay | an amount payable by a person with medical insurance. |
| copayment | a joint payment. |
| defray | to pay. |
| defrayal | the payment of charges. |
| defrayer | one who pays off expenses. |
| defrayment | the payment of charges. |
| disburse | to pay out. |
| disbursement | the act of disbursing. |
| disburser | one who disburses. |
| dispend | (Obs.) to expend, pay out. |
| dispurse | (Shakesp.) to disburse. |
| dissave | to spend savings to finance an excess of spending. |
| earn | to gain or deserve for one's labor or service. |
| earner | one that earns. |
| emolument | payment; profit arising from employment. |
| emolumental | relating to emolument. |
| emolumentary | relating to emolument. |
| ern | (Milton) to earn. |
| escot | (Shakesp.) to pay for, to maintain. |
| fee | the price paid for services; (verb) to pay a fee to. |
| fund | a sum of money on which some enterprise is founded or financially supported; (verb) to provide money for. |
| fundless | without funds. |
| fundraise | to raise funds esp for charity. |
| gainsharing | a system in which employees are financially rewarded for reducing operating costs and working more efficiently. |
| grubstake | to provide with funds for an enterprise. |
| honorarily | (Adv.) HONORARY, conferring honour. |
| honorarium | a voluntary fee paid esp to a professional person for their services. |
| honorary | conferring honour (noun) an honorarium |
| income | a sum of money earned regularly. |
| installment | (US) one of a series of partial payments. |
| invoice | a letter of advice of the despatch of goods, with particulars of their quantity and the amount due for payment; (verb) to bill. |
| linage | payment for written work by the line. |
| maill | a payment. |
| micropayment | payment of a small or prorated sum for each access to a service, esp on the Internet (as opposed to payment by subscription, etc). |
| midpay | (Of an occupation, industry, etc) paying or tending to pay more than an unskilled job but less than a high-income one. |
| minibudget | a small budget. |
| nonpaid | not paid. |
| nonpayment | neglect or failure to pay. |
| nonwage | not part of wages. |
| outearn | to earn more than someone else. |
| outgross | to surpass in gross earnings. |
| outspend | to surpass in spending. |
| overpay | to pay too much. |
| overpayment | an excessive payment. |
| overprice | to set an excessive price on. |
| pay | wages; (verb) to remunerate to seal with tar |
| payable | able to be paid (noun) what is due to be paid |
| payably | (Adv.) PAYABLE, able to be paid. |
| payback | a return on an investment equal to the original capital outlay. |
| paycheck | a check in payment of wages or salary. |
| paycheque | a payment for work done. |
| payee | one to whom money is paid. |
| payer | one who pays. |
| paygrade | the grade of military personnel according to a base pay scale. |
| paylist | a list of people entitled to receive pay, with the amounts due to each. |
| payment | something that is paid. |
| payor | one who pays. |
| payout | money that is paid out. |
| payroll | a list of employees entitled to payment. |
| payslip | a note indicating the breakdown of wages. |
| pennyfee | (Scots) a small wage. |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages. |
| pittance | an (esp meagre) allowance of money, wages, etc., as a means of livelihood. |
| poney | a small horse. |
| pony | a small horse (verb) old slang for to pay or settle up |
| precharge | to charge in advance. |
| prefund | to pay for in advance. |
| prepay | to pay in advance. |
| prepayable | that can be prepaid. |
| prepayment | payment in advance. |
| prestation | a payment of money; a toll or duty. |
| pungle | (US coll). to make a payment or contribution of money. |
| reearn | to earn again. |
| refund | to give back what has been paid. |
| refunding | the act of returning what has been paid. |
| reimbursable | capable of being reimbursed. |
| reimburse | to repay. |
| remit | scope, terms of reference; (verb) to send money in payment. |
| remunerate | to pay an equivalent for. |
| remunerator | one who remunerates. |
| remuneratory | relating to remuneration. |
| rental | an amount paid or collected as rent. |
| rente | (Fr.) French or other government securities or income from them. |
| repay | to pay back. |
| repayable | capable of being repaid. |
| repayment | the act of paying back. |
| revenual | relating to revenue. |
| revenue | the income of a government. |
| revenued | possessed of revenue. |
| salariat | (Fr.) the salary-earning class collectively. |
| salary | a periodical payment (usu made monthly) for one's (usu nonmanual) labour; (verb) to pay a salary to. |
| shareholding | the act of holding shares. |
| sold | (Spenser) pay, remuneration. |
| solde | (Spenser) pay, remuneration. |
| spend | an outlay of money or effort (verb) to pay out |
| spendy | expensive. |
| stipend | a salary paid for services, esp to a clergyman. |
| stipendiary | one who receives a stipend. |
| stipendiate | to provide with a salary. |
| stokvel | (S. Afr.) in S. Africa, an informal savings pool or syndicate. |
| stoozing | the practice of taking advantage of an introductory interest-free period offered by a credit-card company to borrow money for investment elsewhere, esp in a high-interest account. |
| storecard | a charge card. |
| surcharge | an additional charge; (verb) to exact a surcharge from; to overload. |
| susu | (Caribbean) an arrangement made among friends whereby each person makes regular contributions to a fund, the money being drawn out periodically by each individual in turn. |
| uncharge | to free from a charge or load; to unload. |
| underbudget | to allow too low a budget. |
| underpay | to pay less than is deserved. |
| underpayment | an insufficient payment. |
| unearned | not earned. |
| unitrust | a type of annuity trust. |
| unpay | to undo, take back, or annul, as a payment. |
| unpayable | that cannot be payed. |
| unsalaried | not receiving a salary. |
| unspent | not spent. |
| unwaged | not receiving a wage. |
| wage | to engage in or carry on. |
| wageless | unpaid. |
| wagelessness | the state of being wageless. |
| wageworker | one who works for a wage. |
| wair | to spend. |