plural salaries
: fixed compensation paid regularly for services
Synonyms
Examples of salary in a Sentence
She was offered a salary of $50,000 a year.
Employees receive an annual increase in salary.
Recent Examples on the Web
New postings across the job market reaped salaries 3% higher than a year before, according to Adzuna data.
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Isabella Ward, Fortune Europe, 8 Apr. 2024
Around 15% of the population still struggle to find a job, but that may be mostly because their profession is not in high demand or the salary offered is lower than the job seeker expects.
—Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
In many sectors, one salary isn’t enough to live comfortably while saving for future expenses.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
The big picture here: what the Texans are trying to do is put their own spin on a favorable team-building approach spawned by the 2011 NFL collective bargaining agreement’s slashing of draft class’ salaries, particularly for first-round selections.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Aron’s base salary was $1.5 million in 2023, flat from $1.5 million in 2022 and from $1.45 million a year earlier.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
In the 2023 fiscal year, 52 percent of its operating expenses went to faculty, staff and student salaries and wages, plus fringe benefits.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
So for example, a chatbot may say job candidate with a name like Tanika should be offered a $79,000 salary.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
According to the city salary database, Rodriguez earns $246,930 a year.
—Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Isabella Ward, Fortune Europe, 8 Apr. 2024
Around 15% of the population still struggle to find a job, but that may be mostly because their profession is not in high demand or the salary offered is lower than the job seeker expects.
—Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2024
In many sectors, one salary isn’t enough to live comfortably while saving for future expenses.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
The big picture here: what the Texans are trying to do is put their own spin on a favorable team-building approach spawned by the 2011 NFL collective bargaining agreement’s slashing of draft class’ salaries, particularly for first-round selections.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Aron’s base salary was $1.5 million in 2023, flat from $1.5 million in 2022 and from $1.45 million a year earlier.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
In the 2023 fiscal year, 52 percent of its operating expenses went to faculty, staff and student salaries and wages, plus fringe benefits.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
So for example, a chatbot may say job candidate with a name like Tanika should be offered a $79,000 salary.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
According to the city salary database, Rodriguez earns $246,930 a year.
—Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salary. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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salary
noun
sal·a·ry
ˈsal-(ə-)rē 
plural salaries
: money paid at regular times for work or services : stipend
Etymology
Middle English salarie "money paid to a worker," from Latin salarium "salt money, pension, salary," derived from sal "salt"
Word Origin
The word salary is a loanword from Latin salarium, a derivative of sal, "salt," and perhaps originally short for salarium argentum, "salt money." According to a customary explanation, it was at one time money paid to Roman soldiers with which they were supposed to buy salt, but nothing in the known history of the word supports this. From the evidence of documents and inscriptions, the salarium was a fixed payment, introduced under the rule of Caesar Augustus, that was made to officials of a certain rank. The word was also applied to various other fees and payments to individuals by the Roman state or a community. Presumably salarium was a kind of euphemism, since the sums involved were much greater than would have been needed just to buy salt.
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