Definitions for Salaryˈsæl ə ri

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sal•a•ryˈsæl ə ri(n.)(pl.)-ries.

  1. a fixed compensation paid periodically to a person for regular work or services.

Origin of salary:

1350–1400; ME salarie < AF < L salārium soldier or official's salary, presumably orig. money for salt = sal-, s. of sāl salt + -ārium -ary

sal′a•ry•less(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary(noun)

    something that remunerates

    "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. salary(noun)ˈsæl ə ri

    the amount sb is paid for their job each month or year

    a monthly/annual salary; They pay him a high/low salary.

Wiktionary

  1. salary(Noun)

    A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

  2. salary(Verb)

    To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.

  3. Origin: From salarium, from sal

Webster Dictionary

  1. Salary(adj)

    saline

  2. Salary(noun)

    the recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire

  3. Salary(verb)

    to pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position


Translations for Salary

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

salary(noun)

a fixed, regular usually monthly payment for work

Secretarial salaries in London are quite high.

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