A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer, especially when they are in a profession such as teaching, law, or medicine.
...the lawyer was paid a huge salary.
The government has decided to increase salaries for all civil servants.
Synonyms: pay, income, wage, fee More Synonyms of salary
usage note: Professional people and office workers receive a salary, which is paid monthly. However, when talking about someone's salary, you usuallygive the annual figure. I'm paid a salary of £15,000 a year.Pay is a general noun which you can use to refer to the money you get from your employerfor doing your job. Manual workers are paid wages, or a wage. The plural is more common than the singular, especially when you are talking aboutthe actual cash that someone receives. Every week he handed all his wages in cash to his wife. Wages are usually paid, and quoted, as an hourly or a weekly sum. ...a starting wage of five dollars an hour. Your income consists of all the money you receive from all sources, including your pay.
salary in British English
(ˈsælərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ries
1.
a fixed regular payment made by an employer, often monthly, for professional or office work as opposed to manual work
Compare wage (sense 1)
verbWord forms: -ries, -rying or -ried
2. (transitive)
to pay a salary to
Word origin
C14: from Anglo-Norman salarie, from Latin salārium the sum given to Roman soldiers to buy salt, from sal salt
salary in American English
(ˈsæləri; ˈsælri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈsalaries
a fixed payment at regular intervals for services, esp. when clerical or professional
SIMILAR WORDS: wage
Word origin
ME salarie < L salarium, orig., money for salt (as part of Roman soldier's pay) < sal, salt
salary in Accounting
(sæləri)
Word forms: (plural) salaries
noun
(Accounting: Basic)
Your salary is the money that you earn each month from your employer.
The retirement plan guarantees a pension based on final salary and years of service.
Each team member receives a base salary, and shares commissions based on reaching a monthly team goal.
Your salary is the money that you earn each month from your employer.
COBUILD Collocations
salary
average salary
base salary
command a salary
competitive salary
draw a salary
fat salary
freeze salaries
full-time salary
gross salary
meagre salary
minimum salary
ministerial salary
modest salary
monthly salary
pay a salary
receive a salary
staff salaries
Examples of 'salary' in a sentence
salary
The costs were also driven up by huge salaries and remuneration packages paid to chief executives.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
How does the current salary sacrifice scheme work?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The shocked players learned the monthly salaries had not been paid hours before the game.
The Sun (2015)
That was not the first time she has asked difficult questions of those who pay her salary.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Salary payments can be monitored and it can be dressed up as an employee benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That is almost twice the annual salary of a circuit judge.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Many have not received their government salaries for months.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We are well aware of our salary cap requirements and we are working within those requirements.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He recommends highlighting your base salary and comparing it with your outgoings for one month.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Dull accountants and lawyers pull in salaries counted in millions.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Bankers argue basic salaries will rise instead and bonuses will just be called something else.
The Sun (2014)
You take on the investment risk that is borne by your employer in a final salary scheme.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We are not paid a regular salary.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Players are under more pressure to perform with huge salaries and sponsorship deals on the line.
The Sun (2016)
The flat is worth more than a thousand times his monthly salary.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Last week bmi admitted that some salary payments had been delayed as the new terms were imposed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The small increase in salary helped.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
We still pay very good salaries.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This should lead to savings from properties, rents and higher salaries in the capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Now she has more than tripled that salary working just four or five hours a day, four days a week.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
salary
British English: salary /ˈsælərɪ/ NOUN
Your salary is the money that you are paid each month by your employer.
The lawyer was paid a huge salary.
American English: salary
Arabic: راتِب
Brazilian Portuguese: salário
Chinese: 工资
Croatian: plaća
Czech: plat
Danish: løn
Dutch: salaris
European Spanish: salario
Finnish: palkka yl.kuukausipalkka
French: salaire
German: Gehalt Geld
Greek: μισθός
Italian: stipendio
Japanese: 給料
Korean: 월급
Norwegian: lønn betaling
Polish: pensja
European Portuguese: salário
Romanian: salariu
Russian: зарплата
Latin American Spanish: salario
Swedish: lön
Thai: เงินเดือน
Turkish: maaş
Ukrainian: заробітна плата
Vietnamese: lương
All related terms of 'salary'
base salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine .
fat salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
salary cap
a maximum limit on salaries
basic salary
See base pay
final-salary
denoting an occupational pension scheme that guarantees a specified payout , usually based on an employee's final salary and years of service
gross salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
meagre salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
modest salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
salary earner
someone who earns a fixed regular payment made by an employer , often monthly , for professional or office work as opposed to manual work
salary range
the range of pay, which usually has a minimum , midpoint , and a maximum , paid for working at a certain job or profession or at a certain level or grade of an organization, etc. The salary paid to the employee may change according to performance , time spent at the job, etc, but any changes will fall within the allocated salary range.
salary review
the, often annual , assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee , where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
salary scale
→ another name for salary range
average salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
minimum salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
monthly salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching, law, or medicine.
pay a salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
salary bracket
a given range or bracket of salaries within which the amount of pay earned by someone falls
salary increase
an increase in the salary or pay given to an employee
starting salary
an employee's initial rate of pay
competitive salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
draw a salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
ministerial salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
command a salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
full-time salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
receive a salary
A salary is the money that someone is paid each month by their employer , especially when they are in a profession such as teaching , law, or medicine.
Chinese translation of 'salary'
salary
(ˈsælərɪ)
n(c/u)
薪水 (xīnshuǐ) (份, fèn)
to be on a good/modest salary拿高薪/适(適)中的薪水 (ná gāoxīn/shìzhōng de xīnshuǐ)
(noun)
Definition
a fixed regular payment made by an employer, usually monthly, for professional or office work
The lawyer was paid a huge salary.
Synonyms
pay
the workers' complaints about pay and conditions
income
Over a third of their income is from advertising.
wage
efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line
fee
How much will the solicitor's fee be?
payment
It is reasonable to expect proper payment for this work.
wages
earnings
allowance
The boy was given an allowance for his own needs.
remuneration
I shall expect some remuneration for my trouble.
recompense
He demands no financial recompense for his troubles.
stipend
emolument
details of emoluments received by company directors
Additional synonyms
in the sense of allowance
Definition
an amount of money given at regular intervals
The boy was given an allowance for his own needs.
Synonyms
pocket money,
grant,
fee,
payment,
consideration,
ration,
handout,
remittance
in the sense of emolument
Definition
fees or wages from employment
details of emoluments received by company directors
Synonyms
fee,
pay,
return,
benefit,
profits,
gain,
payment,
wages,
reward,
hire,
earnings,
salary,
compensation,
remuneration,
recompense,
stipend
in the sense of fee
Definition
a payment asked by professional people for their services
How much will the solicitor's fee be?
Synonyms
charge,
pay,
price,
cost,
bill,
account,
payment,
wage,
reward,
hire,
salary,
compensation,
toll,
remuneration,
recompense,
emolument,
honorarium,
meed (archaic)
Synonyms of 'salary'
salary
Explore 'salary' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of income
Definition
the total amount of money earned from work or obtained from other sources over a given period of time
Over a third of their income is from advertising.
Synonyms
revenue,
gains,
earnings,
means,
pay,
interest,
returns,
profits,
wages,
rewards,
yield,
proceeds,
salary,
receipts,
takings
in the sense of payment
Definition
something given in return
It is reasonable to expect proper payment for this work.
Synonyms
wages,
fee,
reward,
hire,
remuneration
in the sense of recompense
Definition
compensation for loss or injury
He demands no financial recompense for his troubles.
Synonyms
compensation,
pay,
payment,
satisfaction,
amends,
repayment,
remuneration,
reparation,
indemnity,
restitution,
damages,
emolument,
indemnification,
requital
in the sense of remuneration
I shall expect some remuneration for my trouble.
Synonyms
payment,
income,
earnings,
salary,
pay,
return,
profit,
fee,
wages,
reward,
compensation,
repayment,
reparation,
indemnity,
retainer,
reimbursement,
recompense,
stipend,
emolument,
meed (archaic)
in the sense of wage
Definition
the money paid in return for a person's work, esp. when paid weekly or daily rather than monthly
efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line