Antonyms for salary


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sal-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæl ə ri


Definition of salary

Origin :
  • late 13c., "compensation, payment," whether periodical, for regular service or for a specific service; from Anglo-French salarie, Old French salaire "wages, pay, reward," from Latin salarium "salary, stipend, pension," originally "salt-money, soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt," noun use of neuter of adjective salarius "pertaining to salt," from sal (genitive salis) "salt" (see salt (n.)). Japanese sarariman "male salaried worker," literally "salary-man," is from English.
  • noun money paid for work done
Example sentences :
  • I have had my salary raised and am now rejoicing in twenty-two dollars a week.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Of course, I was expecting something—a boost in salary, or something like that.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • With your own salary, and your friend's, and your writings, you'd make—ah!
  • Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
  • I know that he has drawn money—papa's salary and his own: he mentioned it incidentally.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Tom saw, at a glance, that it was his own salary for the current quarter.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • With reference to your duties, I can set you going; and with reference to your salary, I can pay it.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • To each of its own members the committee gave a salary of 5,000 hour-equivalents.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Well, I don't like to feel that my salary's going on with me not earning it.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • He didn't say anything about raising your father's salary, did he?
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • Tell Mr. Kenyon the amount named is the salary Mr. Smith assigns to him.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

Synonyms for salary

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