Definitions for salary
ˈsæl ə risala·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salarynoun

   something that remunerates

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. salarynoun

   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. salaryverb

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

3. Etymology: From salarium, from sal

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Salarynoun

   1.Salarium, or salary, is derived from sal. Arbuthnot.

   Etymology: salaire, Fr. salarium, Latin.

   2. Stated hire; annual or periodical payment.

   This is hire and salary, not revenge. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Several persons, out of a salary of five hundred pounds, have always lived at the rate of two thousand. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 view of running a business, salary can also be viewed as the cost of acquiring and retaining human resources for running operations, and is then termed personnel expense or salary expense. In accounting, salaries are recorded in payroll accounts.A 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 fixed intervals, for example, monthly payments of one-twelfth of the annual salary. Salaries are typically determined by comparing market pay-rates for people performing similar work in similar industries in the same region. Salary is also determined by leveling 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 (supply and demand).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Salaryadjective

   saline

2. Salarynoun

   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. Salaryverb

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

4. Etymology: [L. salarius.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.2 / 5 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 cocreated 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  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SALARY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Salary is ranked #109758 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Salary surname appeared 161 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Salary.
   
   86.9% or 140 total occurrences were Black.
   6.2% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   4.9% or 8 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Regular Payment

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?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say salary in sign language?

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. Michelle Williams -LRB- right -RRB-:

   And they could have my salary, they could have my holiday, whatever they wanted, because I appreciated so much that they were making this massive effort.

2. Simon Maelzer:

   The Futex set-up was tough for beginners and many would get despondent and give up, although this is typical of the futures market in general. I didn't even get a salary at all.

3. Diman Bayeez:

   I was very poor. I have schizophrenia and was just diagnosed with blood cancer, and my only daughter wasn't treating me well. I was borrowing money from people for the treatment. That was in June 2014, and she described her situation to a cab driver named Mahmoud in her home city of Kirkuk. He was ISIS and said if I joined, they would treat me well and pay me, she says. I said I would join on one condition : That they make me a suicide bomber and put me out of my misery. Mahmoud was killed fighting in Hawija, and two ISIS members found her number in his phone. She – along with her now ex-husband – were recruited. K.S. says she did not receive any formal training as a combatant, and did not pledge allegiance to ISIS, but admits that she allowed two militants to stay at her home – she now suspects that one was a spy for the Kurdish security forces. But when she was scheduled to put on the suicide vest, she got cold feet. She fled with the idea of seeking asylum in Europe, but the Kurds picked her up before she could leave. I told them I did all these bad things I didn't do because I wanted to be executed. I still wanted to die, K.S. says, saying that she attempted to kill herself in jail, too, with a kitchen knife. Now Iam thankful to God. I know I have committed no crime. Kurdish authorities beg to differ. According to the deputy manager of the correctional center, Zhino Azad, K.S. was deeply entrenched in ISIS, coordinating for their agents and being a guard at their female prisons – possibly filled with captured Yazidi sex slaves. Even her daughter, a lawyer, is terrified of her, Zhino Azad tells FoxNews.com. She is … a little psychotic. That's the type of people ISIS takes advantage of. K.S. does n’t mind prison at all. It is like heaven in this jail, she says. Here, she is safe from ISIS, is fed and receives medical treatment. I get to read the Koran all day and sleep, K.S. says with a bright smile. And I interpret dreams for the other women. A.H., a 35-year-old mother with a small tribal tattoo on the tip of her nose, also spoke to FoxNews.com. She was issued a life sentence, which was reduced to 20 years, then 15, because she has young children -- six of them who are between 5 and 16 years old. They are being looked after by the second of her husband's four wives. He is in jail now too, she says. At first, A.H. maintains that she was working at a civilian hospital that was controlled by ISIS, but that she never treated wounded fighters, but it does n’t take long for her to let her guard down, especially after the prison official with us begins wandering in and out of the room. I went to ISIS Diman Bayeez and said I would do anything, clean hospitals, if they gave me a salary – $ 260 a month, she says. So I was setting up IVs and injections for the fighters. While she admits to having sworn allegiance to the Caliphate, A.H. also claims she was a spy for Iraqi intelligence, and, fearful that ISIS members would find out, she fled to Kurdistan in early 2016. We have problems, especially with the new prisoners, radicalizing others, so we try to keep the terrorists separate. - Diman Bayeez, manager of the Women and Childrens Prison of Erbil She says all evidence of her spying was taken from her at an Iraqi Army checkpoint. Of course I regret [ helping ISIS ]. But my family was hungry. My husband was old, she pleads. I feel betrayed. They took my phone, my proof I was helping them. They all say they aren't guilty.

4. Ricardo Quintana Santana:

   The salary we had last year has multiplied by around four.

5. Shan Wu:

   Is that her salary ? Otherwise why would he need to be transferring such large amounts of money between their accounts ? If it's private transfers, that's very odd.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=salary
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Salary
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=salary
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salary
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salary
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=salary
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=salary
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html