Salary vs. Remuneration

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.

Remunerationnoun

Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.

Remunerationnoun

A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.

Remunerationnoun

A recompense for a loss; compensation.

Remunerationnoun

The act of remunerating.

Remunerationnoun

That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings.

Remunerationnoun

something that remunerates;

Remunerationnoun

the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses;

Remuneration

Remuneration is the pay or other financial compensation provided in exchange for an employee's services performed (not to be confused with giving (away), or donating, or the act of providing to). A number of complementary benefits in addition to pay are increasingly popular remuneration mechanisms.