When used as a noun, pay is a general word which you can use to refer to the money you get from your employer for doing your job. Manual workers are paid wages, or a wage. The plural is more common than the singular, especially when you are talking about the actual cash that someone receives. Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife. Wages are usually paid, and quoted, as an hourly or a weekly sum. ...a starting wage of five dollars an hour. Professional people and office workers receive a salary, which is paid monthly. However, when talking about someone's salary, you usually give the annual figure. I'm paid a salary of ￡15,000 a year. Your income consists of all the money you receive from all sources, including your pay.
pay 用作名詞時，泛指從雇主處得到的工資或薪水。體力勞動者的工資通常用 wages 或 a wage表示，其中復(fù)數(shù)形式更為常見，尤其是表示實(shí)際拿到的現(xiàn)金時。例如，Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife (每周他都將自己領(lǐng)到的工資全部交給妻子)。wages 通常按小時或按周支付或計算：a starting wage of five dollars an hour (每小時5美元的起薪)。專業(yè)人士以及辦公室職員的工資用 salary 表示，通常按月支付。但是在談?wù)撃橙说男剿畷r，通常用年薪來表示：I'm paid a salary of ￡ 15, 000 a year (我年薪為15, 000英鎊)。 income 表示從各個來源獲得的總收入，包括工資。