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a salary assigned to the position; fixed official salary (ABelonogov); salary (a fixed regular payment made usually on a monthly basis by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker. COED. • an annual salary of $40 000 • a 9% salary increase *** Salary, wages or pay? Pay is the most general of these words. If you work in a factory, shop, etc. you usually get your wages each week. Office workers and professionals such as doctors, teachers, etc. receive a salary that is paid monthly or twice a month. It is expressed as an annual figure Example Bank: • He is entitled to one year of severance salary. • It's impossible to bring up a family on such a low salary. • Mr Kerry continued to draw his salary during the time of his absence. • She raised his salary to $36 000. • The position is rewarded with a generous salary package. • The salary cap will be set at $49.5 million. • The school district gave teachers a 12% salary increase. • The top salary awards are completely out of line with inflation. • Top salaries are liable for a higher rate of tax. • US tech workers command six-figure salaries. • What salary band will I be on after two years in the company? • Workers are being asked to take a cut in salary. • Your pension will be based on a proportion of your final salary. • She's on a(n annual) salary of over $80 000. OALD. Alexander Demidov); basic salary (the amount of money that someone earns every year in their job, not including any extra payments they may receive: earn/be on/get a basic salary of She earns a basic salary of Ј450K per annum. On top of his basic salary, the CEO could also receive share benefits. a modest increase in basic salary pay a basic salary For the right person, we are willing to pay a basic salary of $200,000, plus bonus. (Definition of basic salary noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary. (BrE) He gets a basic salary plus commission. OALD Alexander Demidov) |
