salary

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈsælɚi/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: celery

Noun

Singular salary

Plural salaries

1. (countable) Your salary is the money you are paid every month for doing your job.
   • Synonyms: pay, wage and income

   Your salary will be paid into your bank on the first day of each month.

   The company president earned $814,200 in salary, bonus, and benefits.

   The average monthly Japanese salary increased 4.3 percent last year.

   She gets a base salary of $34,000, plus commissions, which range from $3,000 to $7,000 a year.

Related words

• money