| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something justly deserved. Often used in plural: comeuppance, desert2 (often used in plural), due, guerdon, recompense, reward. Informal : lump1 (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See REWARD. 2. Payment for work done: compensation, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, pay, remuneration, salary, stipend. See PAY. | | VERB: | To engage in (a war or campaign, for example): carry on, carry out, conduct. See DO.
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