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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
Undergraduate majors with the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S.
The horizontal bar chart shows the undergraduate majors with the lowest unemployment rates in the U.S., along with the median early-career salary for each, as of 2023.
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 12 July 2025
For 2024-25, Barcelona budgeted €319m ($373m; £275m) on salaries for the men’s team, compared with €11m on the women’s side.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 11 July 2025
But using a trade exception, which allows a team to acquire a player in a trade even if their salary would otherwise put the team over the salary cap or the team is already over the salary cap, hard caps teams at the first apron.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Just this year, Marner will collect $9.45 million of the $15 million coming between the signing bonus and salary.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 12 July 2025
For 2024-25, Barcelona budgeted €319m ($373m; £275m) on salaries for the men’s team, compared with €11m on the women’s side.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 11 July 2025
But using a trade exception, which allows a team to acquire a player in a trade even if their salary would otherwise put the team over the salary cap or the team is already over the salary cap, hard caps teams at the first apron.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Just this year, Marner will collect $9.45 million of the $15 million coming between the signing bonus and salary.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for salary
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This begs a clear question of training providers, employers, and governments: What if your workforce investment strategy was judged not by how many people enrolled, but by how many got hired with better wages after completing it?—
Jason Wingard,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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More than 3,000 Sacramento County workers went on strike Tuesday morning urging the Board of Supervisors to raise employee wages.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 July 2025
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The judge, who has been suspended with pay by the state Supreme Court, was excused from attending the hearing.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
9 July 2025
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Washington — Secret Service suspended six personnel without pay as the agency faced intense scrutiny after the assassination attempt against President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, nearly a year ago.—
Laura Geller,
CBS News,
9 July 2025
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More: Car buyers set a record with more than $1,000-a-month car payments in Q2 Jamie L. LaReau is the senior autos writer who covers Ford Motor Co. for the Detroit Free Press.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
12 July 2025
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More detail is also expected on payments made during production and whether any money fell into the hands of Hamas.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 July 2025
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“Salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salary. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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