earn a salary

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• earn — [ɜːn ǁ ɜːrn] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to be paid money for the work you do: • The managing director s personal assistant earned £35,000 last year. • She earns a very respectable wage. • Some young people want to start earning as soon as …   Financial and business terms

• salary — n. 1) to pay a salary 2) to command, draw, get, receive; earn a salary 3) (colloq.) to pull down (AE), pull in (BE) a salary 4) to boost, raise salaries 5) to cut, reduce, slash salaries 6) to attach smb. s salary 7) an annual; fixed; handsome;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• salary — sal|a|ry [ sæləri ] noun count ** a particular amount of money that you earn each month or year from your job: an annual salary of $45,000 be on salary (=earn a salary): Are you on salary or do you get paid by the hour? …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• earn — W2S2 [ə:n US ə:rn] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(money for work)¦ 2¦(profit)¦ 3¦(something deserved)¦ 4 earn your/its keep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: earnian] 1.) ¦(MONEY FOR WORK)¦ [I and T] to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• earn one's keep — {v. phr.} To merit one s salary or keep by performing the labor or chores that are expected of one. * /John earned his keep at the music conservatory by dusting off all the musical instruments every day./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• earn one's keep — {v. phr.} To merit one s salary or keep by performing the labor or chores that are expected of one. * /John earned his keep at the music conservatory by dusting off all the musical instruments every day./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• earn — [ʉrn] vt. [ME ernen < OE earnian, to gain, labor for, lit., to harvest, akin to Ger ernte, harvest, OHG arnōn, to bring to harvest < IE base * es en, summer, harvest time] 1. to receive (salary, wages, etc.) for one s labor or service 2. to …   English World dictionary

• Salary cap — In professional sports, a salary cap (or wage cap) is a cartel agreement between teams that places a limit on the amount of money that can be spent on player salaries. The limit exists as a per player limit or a total limit for the team s roster …   Wikipedia

• salary — Regular wages and benefits an employee receives from an employer. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * salary sal‧a‧ry [ˈsæləri] noun salaries PLURALFORM [countable, uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES money that you receive as payment from the… …   Financial and business terms

• salary — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, generous, good, handsome, high, huge, large, top ▪ Top salaries are liable for a higher rate of tax …   Collocations dictionary

• earn — verb 1 to get money for work, etc. ADVERB ▪ consistently ▪ reportedly, reputedly (esp. BrE) ▪ She reportedly earns more than $475 000 a year VERB + EARN ▪ …   Collocations dictionary