salary
/ˈsæləri/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsæləri/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsa-lə-rē ˈsal-rē/ (ame, mw)
salary — noun
- salarysingular
- salariesplural
1. a set annual amount of money that a company pays someone for their work, typical
a set annual amount of money that a company pays someone for their work, typically given in equal monthly payments — used for office and professional jobs rather than hourly or daily work
Anong was happy with the salary her new employer offered for the marketing role.
offer + salary for [position/role]
The school board voted to increase all teachers' salaries by three percent this year.
increase salaries by [percentage]
Owen's salary is paid directly into his bank account on the last day of each month.
A career in engineering often comes with a higher starting salary than teaching.
After the promotion, Madison's annual salary rose to over sixty thousand dollars.
- pay
more general term that replaces both salary and wages in everyday speech, e.g. 'get paid', 'pay day'
- wages
paid by the hour or day, typically to manual, part-time, or service workers
- earnings
broader and more formal, can include salary, wages, freelance income, bonuses, etc.
- remuneration
formal term for total compensation including salary, benefits, and bonuses
文法句型
earn / receive / get + a + salary
a / an + adjective + salary
on a salary of [amount]
用法筆記
Unlike wages (工資／時薪), which are based on hours or days worked, salary is a fixed annual amount. Use salary for professional or office jobs (teacher, manager, engineer) and wages for hourly or manual work (cashier, labourer, cleaner). In Taiwan, both types are often called 薪水, but English maintains the distinction in formal contexts.