salary
salary
noun
/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.
COMPARE wage
Synonyms income
TOPICS Working life A2
TOPICS Money A2
Collocations
adjective
big
generous
good
verb + salary
pay (somebody)
command
earn
salary + verb
increase
rise
salary + noun
package
hike
increase
preposition
on a salary
phrases
an increase in salary
a raise in salary
a rise in salary…
Word Origin
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’.