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).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. salary

   A salary is a fixed amount of money or compensation paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed. It is often expressed as an annual sum and paid in regular intervals, such as weekly, biweekly, or monthly. Salary does not depend on the number of hours worked and is not affected by the quantity or quality of the work performed.

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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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. Kangsadan Sagulpongmalee , 40:

   The cost has been very high, my salary earned as a lecturer isn't enough at all. I have to spend my parents' life savings.

2. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   The salary of the chief executive of the large corporations is not an award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm gesture by the individual to himself.

3. Jeb Bush:

   Everybody who aspires to high positions of leadership in their state and in their country should be willing to take unscreened, unrehearsed questions from the people who pay their salary.

4. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

   I have a salary as prime minister, and I have some savings, which I get some interest from, and I have a house.

5. Robert Mann:

   No carrier was operating a 2019 level of flying, in fact, while saying ‘no layoffs,’ numerous carriers cut hours and related pay. Many others initiated voluntary separation agreements that paid fewer hours and salary dollars over a defined future period in exchange for early retirements or similar.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salary
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=salary
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=salary
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=salary