salary

salary
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, generous, good, handsome, high, huge, large, top
▪

Top salaries are liable for a higher rate of tax.

▪ six-figure, seven-figure, etc.
▪ low, meagre/meager, modest, small
▪ competitive, decent, reasonable
▪ average, median (AmE)
▪ annual, monthly, yearly
▪ base (esp. AmE), basic (BrE)
▪ minimum
▪ gross, net
▪ starting
▪ final
▪

Your pension will be based on a proportion of your final salary.

▪ current
▪ severance (AmE) (usually severance pay in BrE and AmE)
▪

He is entitled to one year of severance salary.

▪ pensionable (BrE)
▪ tax-free
VERB + SALARY
▪ pay (sb)
▪ command, earn, receive
▪

US tech workers command six-figure salaries.

▪ draw
▪

Mr Kerry continued to draw his salary during the time of his absence.

▪ boost, increase, raise
▪

She raised his salary to $36 000.

▪ cut, slash
▪ double, triple
SALARY + VERB
▪ increase, rise (BrE)
SALARY + NOUN
▪ package
▪

The position is rewarded with a generous salary package.

▪ hike (esp. AmE), increase, raise (AmE), rise (BrE)
▪

The school district gave teachers a 12% salary increase.

▪ cut
▪ level
▪ review
▪ band (BrE), grade, range
▪ cap
▪

The salary cap will be set at $49.5 million.

▪ scale, structure
▪ bill (esp. BrE), costs
PREPOSITION
▪ on a salary
▪

It's impossible to bring up a family on such a low salary.

PHRASES
▪ an increase in salary, a raise in salary (AmE), a rise in salary (BrE)
▪ a cut in salary, a drop in salary (BrE)
▪

Workers are being asked to take a cut in salary.


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  • Salary — Sal a*ry, n.; pl. {Salaries}. [F. salaire, L. salarium, originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers for salt, which was a part of their pay, fr. salarius belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. See {Salt}.] The recompense or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • salary — [n] money paid for work done bacon*, bread*, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, income, pay, payroll, recompense, remuneration, scale, stipend, take, take home*, wage, wages; concept 344 Ant. debt …   New thesaurus

  • salary — ► NOUN (pl. salaries) ▪ a fixed regular payment made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white collar worker. ORIGIN Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier s allowance to buy salt, from sal salt …   English terms dictionary

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