Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun merit_pay

1 sense of merit pay

Sense 1
merit pay -- (extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers))
       => wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary -- (something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings")