a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
Origin of salary
First recorded in1350–1400; Middle English salarie, from Anglo-French, from Latin salārium “money given to soldiers to buy salt, salt money.” See sal, -ary
Bannon is the group’s president and is described as working 80 hours a week for the group with no salary.
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The company cut its dividend for the second quarter by 38 percent, suspended more than $1 billion of development projects and temporarily reduced staff salaries by as much as 30 percent.
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Because all of our big sports, the average salaries are in the millions of dollars.
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The researchers surmised that the company would have to raise salaries by a third in order to compete with simple messaging of social impact.
Why a year later, the Business Roundtable’s updated statement of purpose is more relevant than ever|jakemeth|August 19, 2020|Fortune
Under the scheme, the UK government pays workers up to 80% of their salary for a limited period of time, allowing companies to retain them without paying them—though companies were allowed to top up the government money.
Furloughed Brits got paid not to work—but two-thirds of them worked anyway|Cassie Werber|August 18, 2020|Quartz
They will still receive a salary if something is to happen to Ziad, but she is trying to make sure she saves as much as possible.
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Yes, lawyers bill by the hour but are paid an annual salary—plus bonuses.
How Amazon Became Santa’s Sweatshop|Sally Kohn|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Clinkscales is still a cop, and made more than $100,000 in salary and overtime last year.
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Still, he admitted—without disclosing his salary—that he wondered whether the paychecks were too good to last.
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James and NBPA head Chris Paul have already suggested that it might be time to get rid of salary constraints altogether.
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The first-named of these are paid weekly with the workmen; the others receive their salary once a month.
Life in a Railway Factory|Alfred Williams
He then specified the salary and commission to be paid, and engaged Mr. Feldman to draw the deed for the tenement house.
Potash & Perlmutter|Montague Glass
And soon the young man's salary was increased—people liked to trade with him—customers came and asked that he might wait on them.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7|Elbert Hubbard
Had it not been for Beatrice's salary it was difficult to see how the family could have continued to exist.
Beatrice|H. Rider Haggard
During his absence his salary would be paid to his wife in Kabul.
At the Court of the Amr|John Alfred Gray
British Dictionary definitions for salary
salary
/ (ˈsælərɪ) /
nounplural-ries
a fixed regular payment made by an employer, often monthly, for professional or office work as opposed to manual workCompare wage (def. 1)
verb-ries, -ryingor-ried
(tr)to pay a salary to
Word Origin for salary
C14: from Anglo-Norman salarie, from Latin salārium the sum given to Roman soldiers to buy salt, from sal salt
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