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Definition of Salary
1. Noun. Something that remunerates. "They saved a quarter of all their earnings"
Specialized synonyms: Combat Pay, Double Time, Found, Half-pay, Living Wage, Merit Pay, Minimum Wage, Pay Envelope, Pay Packet, Sick Pay, Strike Pay, Take-home Pay
Generic synonyms: Regular Payment
Group relationships: Payroll, Paysheet
Derivative terms: Earn, Pay, Pay, Pay, Pay, Remunerate
Definition of Salary
1. a. Saline
2. n. 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. v. t. To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
Definition of Salary
1. 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. ¹
2. Verb. To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Salary
1. to pay a periodic, fixed compensation to [v -RIED, -RYING, -RIES]
Medical Definition of Salary
1. Origin: F. Salarie, L. Salarium, originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers for salt, which was a part of thir pay, fr. Salarius belonging to salt, fr. Sal salt. See Salt. 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. "This is hire and salary, not revenge." (Shak) Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages. Synonym: Stipend, pay, wages, hire, allowance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salary
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