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salary

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsæləri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsæləri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(salə rē)

Inflections of 'salary' (n): npl: salaries

Collocations for "salary"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "salary" in context.

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salary

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. [earns, has] a [high, low, medium, good, poor, great] salary
  2. salaries for [teachers, engineers, programmers, accountants]
  3. is a [high] salary for a [teacher]
  4. the [minimum, net, gross, take-home] salary
  5. the salaries are paid [weekly, monthly]
  6. can't [live, survive, make ends meet] on his salary
  7. can't afford it on my salary
  8. half the salary goes to [school fees, rent, the mortgage, food]
  9. not [content, happy, comfortable] with his salary
  10. feels she [deserves, merits] a higher salary
  11. asked for [an increase, a rise] in salary
  12. are demanding [equality, fairness] in salary
  13. offered double the salary to [change jobs, work for a competitor]
  14. salaries start at [20,000] dollars per year
  15. a salary of [20,000] dollars a year
  16. a [20,000] -dollar salary
  17. the salary [before, after] taxes
  18. am on a salary
  19. are you on a salary?
n as adj
  1. negotiate a salary [increase, improvement]
  2. [hand, send] out the salary slips
  3. a salary range of [$20,000] to [$50,000]
'salary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "salary" in the title:

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a ___ salary - English Only forum
a cheap/few/little/small salary? - English Only forum
a cut in salary of almost 5000 per year - English Only forum
a good salary - English Only forum
a low salary/low salaries - English Only forum
a monthly five-thousand dollar(s) salary - English Only forum
A's salary is less than that of B - English Only forum
afford on/with my salary - English Only forum
After getting retired, his salary is 3,000. - English Only forum
After six months your salary will be raised. - English Only forum
and to meet a minimum-salary threshold(parallelism in TE, <noun, noun, and to do>) - English Only forum
as a salary - English Only forum
ask about salary - English Only forum
at a monthly salary of $ 2000, 00 - English Only forum
at equal salary - English Only forum
at three times the salary - English Only forum
at/with a fabulous salary - English Only forum
Average ability earns average salary - English Only forum
basis receive two salary checks - English Only forum
big/high salary - English Only forum
bring home x dollars in salary - English Only forum
buy by paying 10% of their income / with the 10% of their salary - English Only forum
By contrast, he saved instead of spending all of his salary - English Only forum
Chances are if an additional salary is paid.... - English Only forum
Colleagues increased their salary - English Only forum
CU salary - English Only forum
cut someone's salary? - English Only forum
Decrease from his salary - English Only forum
disclosing the annual salary / annual salaries - English Only forum
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