Wages
Part of speech: noun
Definition: (often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour. one's total income for a time period
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To wager, bet.
Example sentence: Median wages of production workers, who comprise 80 percent of the workforce, haven't risen in 30 years, adjusted for inflation.
Payoff
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A payment.
Example sentence: Killing is the payoff of war.