0 a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month:
1 aa fixed amount of money paid to someone for the work the person is employed to do, esp. the amount paid every year:
2 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:
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
It's not by any means a brilliant salary but it's adequate for our needs.
Your salary will be paid on the third week of each calendar month.
They're raising three kids on one small salary so money is very tight.
I wouldn't work for them if they paid me twice my current salary.
The average salary per soldier is about $3,500 per month, with top helicopter pilots and country commanders earning about $7,500.
All economically active individuals were then asked about the income they earned in one month through salaries, wages, business, trade or agricultural production.
Apparently, as earlier indicated, the main concern in the decision-making process is keeping afloat regional administrative machinery by covering recurrent expenditure, especially salary costs.
