Unit 13. Employment.

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salary - money that you receive as payment from the organization you work for, usually paid to you every month:

monthly (annual, yearly) salary, on top of the salary, a competitive (starting) salary, to double one’s salary, to spend all the salary, the salary starts at …, the salary for the position is …, to earn quite a good salary;

The average salary is $39,000 a year. She's on a salary of £16,000. Parker's annual salary is just under $48,000. It’s time to have a higher salary. How can they afford that car on Todd's salary? Our daughter makes a good salary, but she really works for it.

a wage / wages - money you earn that is paid according to the number of hours, days, or weeks that you work:

a daily (weekly) wage, to offer quite low wages;

He earns a good wage. Elvina earns an hourly wage of $11.

pay - money that you are given for doing your job:

a minimum rate of pay, pay increase (rise/raise), the pay per hour, a good rate of pay;

Nurses often work long hours for low pay. Teachers were awarded a 6% pay rise. "What's the pay?" "About $10 an hour." For most fast-food workers, the pay is around $5 an hour. Joe's been receiving sick pay since the accident. The worst thing about being a nurse is the low pay.

commission – 2) an extra amount of money that is paid to a person or organization according to the value of the goods they have sold or the services they have provided:

to be (work) on commission, to earn commission on sales, to be paid one’s commission, to double one’s salary with the commission;

The dealer takes a 20% commission on the sales he makes. He sold cosmetics on commission. His basic salary is low, but he gets 20% commission on everything he sells.

persuasive - able to make other people believe something or do what you ask:

persuasive argument (evidence);

Trevor can be very persuasive. Barratt's argument was persuasive, but the managers still turned down his proposal.

reward – 1) something that you get because you have done something good or helpful or have worked hard:

in reward foe sth;

The school has a system of rewards and punishments to encourage good behaviour. Several of the parents were giving their children rewards for passing exams. The job is difficult, but the financial rewards are great.

2) money that is offered to people for helping the police to solve a crime or catch a criminal:

a reward for information leading to the capture of the murderers;

A reward of $20,000 has been offered.

rewarding - making you feel happy and satisfied because you feel you are doing something useful or important, even if you do not earn much money:

to find sth rewarding, to be incredibly rewarding;

Teaching can be a very rewarding career. Your work is so rewarding, even though it's unpleasant at times.

part-time - someone who has a part-time job works for only part of each day or week:

a part-time job, women wishing to return to work on a part-time basis, a part-time (kitchen, shop) assistant;

She wants to work part-time after she's had the baby.

a part-timer ; She started as a part-timer.

full-time - for all the hours of a week during which it is usual for people to work, study etc:

to work (study) full-time, full-time staff (student), full-time job (position, education), full-time managers;

She works full-time and has two kids. They're looking for full-time staff at the library. Janine attends high school full-time and works part-time.

to bring in - to earn a particular amount or produce a particular amount of profit:

to bring in money;

The sale of the house only brought in about £45,000.