to pay a salary

  • 21Salary — Sal a*ry, n.; pl. {Salaries}. [F. salaire, L. salarium, originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers for salt, which was a part of their pay, fr. salarius belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. See {Salt}.] The recompense or… …

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  • 22Pay scale — may refer to: *U.S. military pay grades, the salary grades by which United States military personnel are paid *PayScale, an online salary, benefits and compensation company …

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  • 23salary — sal·a·ry n pl ries: fixed compensation paid regularly for services sal·a·ried adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. salary …

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  • 24pay# — pay vb Pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense are comparable when they mean to give money or an equivalent in return for something. Pay is the ordinary term when the giving or furnishing of money to… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 25pay — [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation,… …

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  • 26pay scale — ➔ scale * * * pay scale UK US noun [C] (also salary scale, wage scale) HR, WORKPLACE ► the different levels of pay for a particular job, relating to different degrees of skill or experience: on the pay scale »At the interview, ask where you will… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 27salary — (n.) mid 14c., compensation, payment, whether periodical, for regular service or for a specific service; from Anglo Fr. salarie (late 13c.), O.Fr. salarie, from L. salarium salary, stipend, originally soldier s allowance for the purchase of salt …

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  • 28pay freeze — also wage freeze ➔ freeze2 * * * pay freeze UK US noun [C] (also salary freeze, wage freeze) ► HR, WORKPLACE a situation in which a company stops increasing employees pay because of financial difficulties …

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  • 29pay — I noun allowance, award, compensation, consideration, defrayal, defrayment, earnings, emolument, fee, grant, hire, income, indemnity, meed, merces, monetary return, payment, perquisite, profit, reckoning, recompense, reimbursement, remittance,… …

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  • 30pay packet — pay packets 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Your pay packet is the envelope containing your wages, which your employer gives you at the end of every week. [BRIT] (in AM, use pay envelope) 2) N COUNT: oft poss N You can refer to someone s wages or salary… …

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