mindmap root((工资)) wage often used in the plural wages, applies to an amount paid usually on hourly basis and chiefly at weekly intervals especially for physical labor: dirty and difficult jobs should command a higher ~. salary applies to compensation at a fixed, often annual, rate that is paid in installments at regular intervals and suggests that the services performed require training or special ability: negotiated for a higher ~. stipend adds to salary the notion of a regular income such as a pension or scholarship paid without concurrently performed service: received a fellowship that included a small ~. pay can replace any of the foregoing and is the one of these terms freely used in combination or as a modifier: waiting for the ~ day; lost his ~ envelop. fee applies to the price asked, usually in the form of a fixed charge, for a specific professional service: a pianist's ~ for a concert.