as in wage
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
signed a contract for a new job with a salary of $60,000 per year
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Recent Examples of salary
The late-night talk show host earns an annual salary of $15 million.
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Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 18 Sep. 2025
The major discussion when that expires will be surrounding the implementation of the salary cap that is so badly wanted by owners across the league.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Before the pay bump — which will be retroactive back to July — Davey was hired in 2024 at a salary of $420,000 annually.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
With secondary education salaries, however, funding Cooper’s dreams in Texas — a state without name, image and likeness payments for high schoolers — has been a challenge.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 18 Sep. 2025
The major discussion when that expires will be surrounding the implementation of the salary cap that is so badly wanted by owners across the league.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Before the pay bump — which will be retroactive back to July — Davey was hired in 2024 at a salary of $420,000 annually.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
With secondary education salaries, however, funding Cooper’s dreams in Texas — a state without name, image and likeness payments for high schoolers — has been a challenge.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salary
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The Department of Labor withdrew a plan to establish a minimum wage for workers with disabilities and abolished wage protections for the home-health aides who assist millions of seniors and disabled people.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
16 Sep. 2025
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Therefore, there are some unfortunate parallels between young Gen Z needing to sacrifice wages due to wavering job opportunities and millennials graduating into the Great Recession.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Denholm is giving interviews to explain the board’s decision to award Musk a pay package that could be worth $1 trillion if the company hits milestones for market capitalization, profits, and vehicle production.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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After years of demanding better pay and protections from individual farmers and buyers, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers — the anti-trafficking organization that uncovered the first examples of abuse in the massive federal case — launched the Fair Food Program in 2010.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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Federal prosecutors charged a UK teenager with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and other crimes in connection with the network intrusions of 47 US companies that generated more than $115 million in ransomware payments over a three-year span.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
19 Sep. 2025
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Every eligible veteran starts with a base payment.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salary. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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