Pay vs. Salary
Payverb
(transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
Payverb
(ambitransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required.
Payverb
(transitive) To be profitable for.
Payverb
(transitive) To give (something else than money).
Payverb
(intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
Payverb
(intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
Payverb
(intransitive) To suffer consequences.
Payverb
(transitive) To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny.
Payverb
To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
Paynoun
Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
Payadjective
Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
Payadjective
Pertaining to or requiring payment.
Payverb
To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
Payverb
To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
Payverb
Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
Payverb
To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).
Payverb
To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
Payverb
To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
Payverb
To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
Payverb
Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
Paynoun
Satisfaction; content.
Paynoun
An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.
Paynoun
something that remunerates;
Payverb
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services;
Payverb
convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow;
Payverb
do or give something to somebody in return;
Payverb
bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action;
Payverb
cancel or discharge a debt;
Payverb
bring in;
Payverb
render;
Payverb
be worth it;
Payverb
dedicate;
Payverb
discharge or settle;
Payverb
make a compensation for;
Salarynoun
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
Salaryverb
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
Salaryadjective
(obsolete) Saline.
Salaryadjective
Saline
Salarynoun
The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.
Salaryverb
To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
Salarynoun
something that remunerates;
Salarynoun
a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker
Salaryverb
pay a salary to
Salary
A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract. It is contrasted with piece wages, where each job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis.
