Definitions for salary
ˈsæl ə risalary

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

   Etymology: From salarium, from sal

2. salary(Verb)

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

   Etymology: From salarium, from sal

Webster Dictionary(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Salary(adj)

   saline

   Etymology: [L. salarius.]

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

   Etymology: [L. salarius.]

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

   Etymology: [L. salarius.]

Freebase(2.20 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Salary

   A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract. It is contrasted with piece wages, where each job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis. From the point of a view of running a business, salary can also be viewed as the cost of acquiring human resources for running operations, and is then termed personnel expense or salary expense. In accounting, salaries are recorded in payroll accounts. Salary is a fixed amount of money or compensation paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed. Salary is commonly paid in stages at fixed intervals, for example, monthly payments of one-twelfth of the annual salary. Salary is determined by market pay rates for people doing similar work in similar industries in the same region. Salary is also determined by the pay rates and salary ranges established by an individual employer. Salary is also affected by the number of people available to perform the specific job in the employer's employment locale.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Salary

   sal′a-ri, n. a recompense for services: wages.—v.t. to pay a salary.—adj. Sal′aried, receiving a salary. [O. Fr. salarie (Fr. salaire, It. salario)—L. salarium, salt-money, sal, salt]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. salary

   A fair, just, moderate and specific monthly amount of money an employer must officially pay to an employee for a form of employment agreed in the terms and agreement of an employment contract and the specific details of the relevant employment legislation relating to this type of employment created by a local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government or international unity government that is empowered to create this type of legislation.

   A salary is an annual amount of money paid monthly.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'salary' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2349

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'salary' in Nouns Frequency: #1412

How to pronounce salary?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of salary in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of salary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of salary in a Sentence

1. Nathem Sultan:

   This salary they receive sometimes isn't enough to feed them, but it is hope for a better life.

2. Anuj Somany:

   If the talent alone could help an employee to get high remuneration & salary increment, then movie would not have been made on corporate life in which for big position an actor takes off the pant.

3. Abu Zayd:

   The Americans were so angry when they found out, they cut my salary, but this was our only option through their territory to get home without getting killed.

4. Anuj Somany:

   If a job-seeker who is worth to be getting X salary wants innocently X-2 , then most companies are most likely to offer him X-4 or even less remuneration ; but when a malingerer who doesn’t even deserve X and demands X+4 , then don’t be surprised to see him getting X+2 salary or even more. Such is their mentality so-called People’s Policy.

5. Takuo Nakanishi:

   I can't afford to live on just my taxi salary. I can be a driver only because I receive a pension. That's how small demand is here for taxis.

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