salaried
SaySAL-uh-reed/ˈsæl.ə.ɹid/
- 1Paid a set amount of money for a job each year, not by the hour.
Like getting the same weekly allowance no matter how many chores you do.
Most salaried workers get the same pay every month.
She is salaried, so she earns the same whether she works extra hours or not.
Similarpaid
Oppositehourly, unpaid, voluntary
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- 2Paid once a month instead of every week.
Like getting your pocket money once a month instead of every week.
Salaried staff here are paid on the last day of each month.
Because the job is salaried, the money arrives once a month.
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- 3Past tense and past participle of salary. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
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salaried is a form of salary
salary, verb: To pay someone a fixed amount over weeks or longer instead of by the hour. Full entry
- Spelling
- salary → salaried: change y to i, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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Origin
From the word "salary" plus the ending "-ed."