salary
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
Related words
- nonsalary
- salaryless
- salaryman
- supersalary
- salaried
- final salary
- salary cap
- salary packaging
- salary sacrifice
- salary scale
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "salārium" (wages).
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This definition is adapted from “salary” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.