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salary

3 definitions • 17 examples
1
a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month:

Examples:

an annual salary of £40,000
His net monthly salary is €2,500.
She's on quite a good/decent salary in her present job.
He took a drop in (= accepted a lower) salary when he changed jobs.
a ten percent salary increase
2
aa fixed amount of money paid to someone for the work the person is employed to do, esp. the amount paid every year:

Examples:

a meager/generous salary
Teachers’ salaries would rise an average of $1000 under the proposal.
3
the total amount of money that an employee is paid every year to do their job, or one of the payments they receive each month as part of this:

Examples:

an annual/a monthly salary Her annual salary exceeds €100,000.
be on a salary of sth He must be on a salary of at least $90,000.
pay sb a salary of sth I was being paid a salary of around $75,000.
earn/get a salary
high/low salary
salary increase/cut Employees say they expect salary cuts of 13% or more.
Your starting salary will be in line with your previous experience.
on (a) salary I have six more months on salary after I step down.
He earns about $1.2 million in salary and benefits at the bank.
a competitive salary

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