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salary

salary

642 1.3
A regular fixed payment from an employer to an employee, usually monthly
  • noun
  • /ˈsæləri/
translation icon : salario
  • Her teacher's salary is less than what I make, which is pathetic.
  • salary and benefits
  • pay salaries
  • average salary

So if you are just competing on salary, you're going to lose.

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Examples

  • After negotiating, he managed to secure a higher salary for his new job.

  • Yeah, the salary was not so high.

  • When I get a degree, I will make a bigger salary for me.

  • So is his salary enough to support you?

  • We might conclude that raising teacher salaries will increase student performance.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The average salary for a football coach at a top 120 school is $1.36 million.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We offer the highest salary and benefits in the country, and I'm not exaggerating.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Her teacher's salary allows her to live comfortably in the city.

  • Many employees receive their salary on the last Friday of every month.

Synonyms

pay
vssalary
913 1.0

Money you receive for work or services

is the specific regular employer payment for professional office workers
earnings
vssalary
309 2.3

Money people or companies get from work, business, and investments

is the specific fixed regular employer payment, not general income from many sources
paycheck
vssalary
  • US
283 2.1

Money an employee gets for work, often given by check

is typically a fixed regular employer payment, often monthly or biweekly
stipend
vssalary
26 6.7

A regular amount of money given to help pay living costs

is the employer payment for professional office workers rather than for trainees
remuneration
vssalary
  • Formal
9 7.6

Money paid to someone for work or services

is the fixed regular employer payment to professional office workers
pay packet
vssalary
  • UK
1 3.5

The money a worker gets for work, often in an envelope

is the fixed regular employer payment for professional office workers, not cash handed in envelopes

Antonyms

1.4

Money paid regularly to a worker, often each week

Compounds

Extra money paid to a person for their job

2 3.4

A smaller amount of pay that a worker receives

fourteenth salary
  • Philippine
7.9

An extra month's pay that workers receive after a thirteenth salary

How Much

salary
642 1.3
minimum wage
846 2.4

Surface Forms

salary singular
salaries plural

Etymology

Salary comes from the Latin salarium, from sal meaning 'salt'. Roman soldiers were given salt or money for salt, so salary now means the regular payment someone gets for work.