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salary
noun [C or U] /ˈsæl.ər.i/
/-ɚ-/ Definition
B1 a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month: an annual salary of £20,000 His net monthly salary is £1,500. 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 → Compare wage nounEarning money and money earned
(Definition of salary noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Earning money
Synonyms and related words:
- bank verb (MONEY)
- danger money noun
- draw verb (MONEY)
- earn verb
- earnings noun
- easy money noun
- feather your own nest idiom
- fundraising noun
- hourly adjective
- OTE noun
- paved with gold idiom
- pocket money noun (CHILD'S MONEY)
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