salary
noun /ˈsæləri/
/ˈsæləri/
(plural salaries)
- money that employees receive for doing their job, especially professional employees or people working in an office, usually paid every month
- an annual salary of $40 000
- The average monthly salary for an unskilled worker is $550.
- on a salary (of something) She's on a salary of £24 000.
- She earned a six-figure salary.
- a 9 per cent salary increase
- (British English) He gets a basic salary plus commission.
- (North American English) base salary
- Chemical engineering grads are expected to get the biggest starting salaries.
- the closure of final salary pension schemes
- We have no money to pay staff salaries.
- The CEO received a salary of $1 million.
- The average annual salary for those jobs was $90 721.
Synonyms incomeincome- wage/wages
- pay
- salary
- earnings
- income money that a person receives for their work, or from investments or business:
- people on low incomes
- wage/wages money that employees get for doing their job, usually paid every week or every month:
- a weekly wage of £200
- pay money that employees earn for doing their job:
- The job offers good rates of pay.
- salary money that employees earn for doing their job, usually paid every month.
- earnings money that a person earns from their work:
- a rise in average earnings for factory workers
- (a) high/low/basic income/wage/pay/salary/earnings
- to earn an income/a wage/your pay/a salary
- to be on a(n) income/wage/salary of…
Wordfinder- bonus
- commission
- deduction
- earn
- overtime
- pay
- rise
- salary
- tax
- wage
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea2, Moneya2- It's impossible to bring up a family on such a low salary.
- US tech workers command six-figure salaries.
- Mr Kerry continued to draw his salary during the time of his absence.
- She raised his salary to $36 000.
- The position is rewarded with a generous salary package.
- The salary cap will be set at $49.5 million.
- Top salaries are liable for a higher rate of tax.
- What salary band will I be on after two years in the company?
- Workers are being asked to take a cut in salary.
- Your pension will be based on a proportion of your final salary.
- Texas has the lowest teacher salaries in America.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- generous
- good
- …
- pay (somebody)
- command
- earn
- …
- increase
- rise
- package
- hike
- increase
- …
- on a salary
- an increase in salary
- a raise in salary
- a rise in salary
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’.