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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
salary
/ˈsælɚi/
noun1 of 2
money an employee is paid each year
- “His salary is high, but he is a great teacher.”Tatoeba
- “I had to come to terms with my present salary.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)