wages(рабочих); pay(the money that sb gets for doing regular work • Her job is hard work, but the pay is good. • a pay increase • (BrE) a pay rise • (NAmE) a pay raise • a 3% pay offer • holiday pay • to make a pay claim (= to officially ask for an increase in pay). Pay, wages or salary? Pay is the most general of these words. If you work in a factory, shop, etc. you usually get your wages each week. Office workers and professionals such as doctors, teachers, etc. receive a salary that is paid monthly or twice a month. It is expressed as an annual figure. OALD Alexander Demidov); salary(a fixed, regular usually monthly payment for work); compensation; remuneration(AD); real; pay; wage; salary and emoluments(Alexander Demidov); remuneration; wage(рабочих)
labour cost(как элемент себестоимости); wages(как правило, почасовая (at an hourly rate) или сдельная (on a piece-meal basis). Противоположным является salary – оклад)
