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
In reality, Kendra had been fired from her job at Central Michigan in 2019, and her new job at Ferris State didn’t come with a salary increase.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
In the wake of Wells Fargo’s fake accounts scandal, where employees had created millions of fake accounts to meet sales goals, CEO John Stumpf walked away with just over $160 million in total salary, stock and pension.
—Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Job postings that mentioned at least one AI skill advertised salaries 28% higher on average than those that listed none, representing roughly $18,000 more per year.
—Dylan Butts
shreya Ghosal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
At the time, a source told PEOPLE that Teefey and Gomez, Wondermind's chief impact officer, both stepped in to take action for their employees, while denying that Teefey took out a loan to pay salaries.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
In the wake of Wells Fargo’s fake accounts scandal, where employees had created millions of fake accounts to meet sales goals, CEO John Stumpf walked away with just over $160 million in total salary, stock and pension.
—Ian Chaffee, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Job postings that mentioned at least one AI skill advertised salaries 28% higher on average than those that listed none, representing roughly $18,000 more per year.
—Dylan Butts
shreya Ghosal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
At the time, a source told PEOPLE that Teefey and Gomez, Wondermind's chief impact officer, both stepped in to take action for their employees, while denying that Teefey took out a loan to pay salaries.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salary
Noun
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What does the gender wage gap mean for families?—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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In making its economic forecast, Deloitte tracks a number of wage and income indicators, McCarthy said.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fest is cashless and only mobile pay, debit and credit cards are accepted.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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If the soldier buys $100 of groceries from a grocer and pays by check, the grocer receives 10% of a Fed IOU, which goes through the grocer’s bank.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The payment goes through my friend’s fiancé’s mother’s Tesla account, the poor woman accidentally footing the bill.—
Joe Joyce,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The state agency, which is in charge of the unemployment program, will be required to search its archives and locate the people denied benefits and obtain their payment information in order to send out unemployment benefits they were denied, according to the order.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salary. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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