Salary vs. Allowance
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.
Allowancenoun
permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
Allowancenoun
Acknowledgment.
Allowancenoun
That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity
Allowancenoun
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
Allowancenoun
(commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries
Allowancenoun
A child's allowance; pocket money.
Allowancenoun
(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
Allowancenoun
(obsolete) approval; approbation
Allowancenoun
(obsolete) license; indulgence
Allowanceverb
(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
Allowanceverb
(transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
Allowancenoun
Approval; approbation.
Allowancenoun
The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
Allowancenoun
Acknowledgment.
Allowancenoun
License; indulgence.
Allowancenoun
That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
Allowancenoun
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.
Allowancenoun
A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
Allowanceverb
To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
Allowancenoun
an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period);
Allowancenoun
a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
Allowancenoun
an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances;
Allowancenoun
a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Allowancenoun
a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
Allowancenoun
the act of allowing;
Allowanceverb
put on a fixed allowance, as of food
