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Meaning of 'salary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Salary [ a.]
- Saline
2 . Salary [ n.]
- The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.
3 . Salary [ v. t.]
- To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.

Meaning of 'salary' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . salary [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something that remunerates
Example in sentence:
  • he wasted his pay on drink;
  • they saved a quarter of all their earnings;
  • wages were paid by check

Nearby Words:

sal salaam salability salable salacious salacity salad salade salading salaeratus

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