Salary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsæləɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Salary is a noun meaning To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
Meaning
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
More Meanings
- A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
- (obsolete) Saline.
Example Sentences
This is hire and salary, not revenge.
I used to say to our audiences: “It is difficult to get a man understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!”
Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
Word Forms
- salaries
- sallary
- salarying
- salaried
Synonyms for salary
Depending on context, synonyms include remuneration, wage, earnings, pay.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wage, earnings, remuneration, pay, payday, income.
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