- pronunciation:
- sae
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ri
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
salaries |
| definition: |
a fixed amount of money paid to someone regularly for work.
He collects his salary every two weeks.Her boss is raising her salary.He doesn't get a salary because he gets paid by the hour.
- synonyms:
- pay, wage
- similar words:
- compensation, hire
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| related words: |
allowance, income, tender |
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Salary comes from a Latin word that means "an allowance given to soldiers to buy salt." Salt is essential to the human diet. For past civilizations, salt was often expensive and difficult to obtain.