fourteenth salary
- noun
- Philippine
:
catorceavo salario
- Her employment contract specifically mentioned the entitlement to a fourteenth salary each year.
Examples
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Employees receive a fourteenth salary at the end of the year.
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The company revised its policy on fourteenth salary payments to comply with new regulations.
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Employees in some countries receive a fourteenth salary as a bonus during the summer.
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Many companies offer a fourteenth salary as an incentive.
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Many employees look forward to receiving a fourteenth salary as a special bonus for their hard work.
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According to her contract, she is entitled to a fourteenth salary which she will receive every December.
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The new labor laws required all firms to include a fourteenth salary in their annual compensation packages.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'fourteenth' (ordinal) + 'salary', so learners will infer it refers to the 14th payment; however, recognizing that this specifically denotes an additional month's pay (a contractual/labor practice similar to a 'thirteenth salary') requires cultural or institutional knowledge beyond the literal words. Because the basic form is predictable but the exact institutional meaning is not fully derivable from the parts, it is only partly transparent.
Etymology
Fourteenth salary comes from the image of getting a literal extra month of pay — a 'fourteenth' salary after the usual twelve months and the 'thirteenth salary'. That's why it means an additional month's pay given to employees as a bonus or by law.
