SALARIES

Definition: SALARIES

SALARIES

Plural

1. Of Salary

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "SALARIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)

Synonym: SALARIES

Synonym: Wages. (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hey, your taxes are paying their salaries. We die, they gotta take a pay cut. (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	American Salaries and Wages Survey: Statistical Data Derived from More Than 200 Government, Business & News Sources (American Salaries and Wages surv (reference) How to Make $1,000 a Minute: Negotiating Salaries and Raises (reference) Interview for Success: A Practical Guide to Increasing Job Interviews, Offers, and Salaries (Interview for Success, 8th Ed) (reference) IT Staffing and Compensation Guide: Advanced Practices in Human Capital Management, Job Descriptions and Salaries [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Proven Resumes: Strategies That Have Increased Salaries and Changed Lives (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	National Remuneration Centre Report On Salaries And Executive Remuneration (reference) Palk = Wages And Salaries (reference) Salaries (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Date	Quotation
US Declaration of Independence	1776	He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Germany further agrees to provide for the salaries and expenses of the Commission and of such staff as it may employ. (reference)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	Here, unlike Sweatt v. Painter, there are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Additions to the salaries of poor schoolmasters of the diocese, two thousand livres.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		It is said that the cost of living is relatively high in Argentina compared to salaries. (references)
		The largest expenses are rent for office space and housing, and expatriate salaries and benefits. (references)
		Employees are required to contribute three percent of their salaries to the Obras Sociales while employers contribute five percent. (references)
Children	Ukraine	Teachers were paid their salaries during the year, but other monetary benefits due to them were not paid in some localities. (references)
	Morocco	More often parents of rural girls "contract" their daughters to wealthy urban families and collect the salaries for their work as maids. (references)
	Afghanistan	Many boys also were being educated in home schools because of administrative problems in the Taliban-run schools, including problems in the payment of teachers' salaries. (references)
Civil Liberties	Togo	Teachers' salaries and students' stipends rarely are paid on time. (references)
	Andorra	The Catholic Church provides teachers for these classes, and the Government pays their salaries. (references)
	Liberia	Some articles included are the result of "cadeaux," gifts or money that supplement reporters' meager salaries. (references)
Economic History	Ukraine	Low salaries add to the problem. (references)
	Dominican Rep	Most jobs pay salaries based on the minimum wage. (references)
	Mexico	The costs usually add about 30 to 35 percent of salaries. (references)
Human Rights	Pakistan	Salaries and benefits are inadequate. (references)
	Mexico	Prosecutor salaries and benefits vary by region and agency. (references)
	Guatemala	A raise in the salaries of judges attracted greater numbers of high caliber candidates. (references)
Minorities	Iran	Thousands of Baha'is who were dismissed from government jobs in the early 1980's receive no unemployment benefits and have been required to repay the Government for salaries or pensions received from the first day of employment. (references)
	Moldova	As a result of an agreement between the Government and the separatist authorities, eight schools in the separatist region use the Latin alphabet, and the salaries of teachers and textbooks are supplied by the Moldovan Ministry of Education. (references)
Political Economy	Mongolia	The judiciary is constitutionally independent, but low salaries make it vulnerable to corruption. (references)
Political Rights	Djibouti	The coup followed months of nonpayment of police salaries by the Government and rumors that the President had fired Yacin. (references)
	Argentina	Public workers, including teachers, court workers, and public hospitals had been on strike or limiting services for much of the year due to the provincial government's inability to pay salaries. (references)
Trade	Burma	Burmese citizens who earn foreign currency can deposit their earnings in these banks or draw their salaries directly in FECs. (references)
Travel	Cote D'ivoire	Below is a listing of these categories and the approximate monthly salaries including allowances. (references)
	Finland	Comprehensive school is a nine-year compulsory general schooling for all children aged 7-16. The municipalities pay teachers' salaries, books, health care, and school meals. (references)
	Korea	Though fathers are the primary income earners, in the majority of cases, salaries are entrusted to their wives, and most day to day consumption decisions are at the discretion of the female spouse. (references)
Women	Sweden	According to 1999 statistics, women's salaries were 83 percent of men's salaries. (references)
	Spain	A 1999 report by the General Workers' Union shows that women's salaries were 30 percent less than those of their male counterparts. (references)
	Sweden	Adjusting for age, education, and occupational differences between men and women, women salaries average 92 percent of men's salaries. (references)
Worker Rights	Russia	It is not a number used for real salaries. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Protest is often the only way to compel the payment of salaries or wages. (references)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Many workers have outstanding claims for payment of salaries and pensions. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Several agencies created by Executive authorities, on salaries fixed by that also, have been suppressed, and should suggest the expediency of regulating that power by law, so as to subject its exercises to legislative inspection and sanction.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	Adequate salaries will result in economies and improved efficiency in the conduct of Government business--gains that will far outweigh the immediate costs.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	I believe that the recommendations of the Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries are generally sound.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	But I am persuaded that the real credit belongs to the people who sent us here, who pay our salaries, who hold our feet to the fire.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"SALARIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.57% of the time. "SALARIES" is used about 931 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	99.57%	927	7,777
Noun (proper)	0.43%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	931	N/A

Expressions using "SALARIES": cut salaries ♦ Salaries and Fringe Benefits ♦ wages and salaries. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "SALARIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		薪金 (salary). (various references)

Danish		provenuet af den skat,der tilbageholdes i udbetalte lønninger (tax withheld from the salaries), lov om kædeansvar (Wages and Salaries Tax and Social Security Contributions(Liability of Subcontractors)Act), loenningerne benaevnes brutto,fordi de registreres foer fradrag af loenmodtagerbidrag til sociale sikringsordninger og kildeskat (wages and salaries are described as gross because they are shown before the deduction of any social contributions payable by employees and any taxes on income deducted at source). (various references)

Dutch		Wet op de loonbelasting (Salaries Tax Act), Wet ketenaansprakelijkheid (Wages and Salaries Tax and Social Security Contributions(Liability of Subcontractors)Act), Wet aanpassing van de Loon-en Inkomstenbelasting (Salaries and Income Tax(Adjustment)Act), opbrengst van de belasting op de salarissen (tax withheld from the salaries), inhouding op lonen en pensioenen (withholding tax on wages and salaries), de lonen en salarissen worden bruto genoemd,omdat zij worden geboekt vóór aftrek van de sociale vezekeringspremies ten laste van de werknemers en van de aan de bron ingehouden beslatingen (wages and salaries are described as gross because they are shown before the deduction of any social contributions payable by employees and any taxes on income deducted at source), Afdeling Salarissen en Vergoedingen (Salaries and Reimbursements Division). (various references)

French		retenue d'impôt sur les traitements et salaires (withholding tax on wages and salaries), produit de l'impôt perçu sur les traitements (tax withheld from the salaries), personnel et organes (salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), organes de la banque et personnel (salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), Loi sur la responsabilité en chaîne (Wages and Salaries Tax and Social Security Contributions(Liability of Subcontractors)Act), Loi relative � l'impôt sur les salaires (Salaries Tax Act), les salaires et traitements sont dits bruts parce qu'ils sont enregistrés avant déduction des cotisations sociales � charge des salariés et des impôts sur les salaires retenus � la source (wages and salaries are described as gross because they are shown before the deduction of any social contributions payable by employees and any taxes on income deducted at source), Division des Salaires et des Indemnisations (Salaries and Reimbursements Division). (various references)

German		Vergütungen (emoluments), Gehälter (stipends), Besoldungen. (various references)

Greek		έξοδα προσωπικού και μισθοί (management and personnel, management and staff, personnel expenses, salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), έξοδα διοικήσεως (administration and office expenses, business and office expenses, business and office overheads, general and office expenses, management and personnel, management and staff, operating expenses, operating general expenses, personnel expenses, salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), μισθοί και ημερομίσθια (management and personnel, management and staff, personnel expenses, salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), μισθοί και επιδόματα εργαζομένων (management and personnel, management and staff, personnel expenses, salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), προϊόν του φόρου που εισπράττεται από τις αποδοχές (tax withheld from the salaries), ημερομίσθια και μισθοί (wages and salaries), οι μισθοί και τα ημερομίσθια χαρακτηρίζονται ως ακαθάριστα,γιατί εγγράφονται πριν από την αφαίρεσση των κοινωνικών εισφορών που καταβάλλ� (wages and salaries are described as gross because they are shown before the deduction of any social contributions payable by employees and any taxes on income deducted at source), διοίκηση και προσωπικό (management and personnel, management and staff, personnel expenses, salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries). (various references)

Hungarian		rögzített fizetések (pegged salaries), fizetéscsökkentés (cut in salaries, cutback, cut-back). (various references)

Italian		organi della banca e personale (management and personnel, management and staff, personnel expenses, salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), legge sulla responsabilit� a cascata (Wages and Salaries Tax and Social Security Contributions(Liability of Subcontractors)Act), le retribuzioni sono dette lorde perché sono registrate al lordo dei contributi sociali a carico dei dipendenti e delle imposte sui salari ritenute alla fonte (wages and salaries are described as gross because they are shown before the deduction of any social contributions payable by employees and any taxes on income deducted at source), gettito dell'imposta riscossa sulle retribuzioni (tax withheld from the salaries). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 給 (raising salaries). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かきゅう (emergency, junior, low class, lower grade, raising salaries, urgency). (various references)

Korean		급료 (grade, salary). (various references)

Pig Latin		alariessay.(various references)

Portuguese		sala/rios. (various references)

Russian		фонд зарплаты. (various references)

Spanish		producto del impuesto percibido sobre los salarios (tax withheld from the salaries), personal y estamentos (management and personnel, management and staff, personnel expenses, salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), los sueldos y salarios se denominan brutos porque se registran antes de la deducción de las cotizaciones sociales a cargo de los asalariados y los impuestos sobre salarios retenidos en origen (wages and salaries are described as gross because they are shown before the deduction of any social contributions payable by employees and any taxes on income deducted at source), Ley sobre la responsabilidad en cadena (Wages and Salaries Tax and Social Security Contributions(Liability of Subcontractors)Act), estamentos del banco y personal (management and personnel, management and staff, personnel expenses, salaries and directors'emoluments, salaries and employee benefits, salaries and wages, staff expenses and salaries), cortar salarios (cut salaries). (various references)

Ukranian		урізати оклад (cut salaries). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"SALARIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: galaries, Sabazius, Sagatrieb, saladins, Salais, Salari, salarian, Salario, salarius, salarye, saleries, salgari, salonius, Salorio, salries, salvanius, Salwarpe, sararimen, Savaides, Scaliaris, scaligiers, sclerties, Selerie, Sellasie, selleries, Silvaires, solaris, solarise, solarised, Tsavliris, Zacarias. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "SALARIES" (pronounced sa"lerēz)
5	-a" l er ē z	calories, galleries.
4	-l er ē z	burglaries, distilleries.
3	-er ē z	accessories, advisories, anniversaries, armories, arteries, bakeries, batteries, boundaries, breweries, calvaries, canneries, centuries, deliveries, diaries, directories, discoveries, documentaries, draperies, eateries, embroideries, factories, fisheries, forgeries, groceries, hatcheries, hickories, histories, injuries, inquiries, lotteries, luxuries, machineries, memories, microbreweries, miseries, mysteries, nurseries, ovaries, penitentiaries, quandaries, recoveries, refineries, refractories, reveries, robberies, rosaries, sceneries, summaries, surgeries, treasuries, vagaries, victories, wineries.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: assailer, reassail.
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-r-s-s"
	-1 letter: aerials, airless, aliases, resails, sailers, serails, serials.
	-2 letters: aerial, aisles, ariels, arises, assail, lasers, lassie, raises, rassle, realia, resail, sailer, serail, serais, serial.
	-3 letters: aisle, alias, areal, areas, arias, ariel, arils, arise, arles, arses, arsis, assai, earls, isles, laari, lairs, lares, laris, laser, lases, lears, liars, liers, liras, raias, rails, raise, rales, rases, reals, rials, riels, riles, rises, sails, sales, salsa, saris, seals, sears, serai, seral, sials, sires, sisal, slier.
	-4 letters: aals, ails, airs, alae, alar, alas, ales, area, ares, aria, aril, arse, asea, earl, ears, eras, ilea, ires, isle, lair, lari, lars, lase, lass, lear, leas, leis, less, liar, lier, lies, lira, lire, raia, rail, rale, rase, real, reis, rial, rias, riel, rile, rise, sail, sale, sals, sari, seal, sear, seas, seis, sels, sera, sers, sial, sire, sirs, sris.
	-5 letters: aal, aas, ail, air, ais, ala, ale, als, are, ars, ass, ear, els, era, ers, ess, ire, lar, las, lea, lei, lie, lis, ras, rei, res, ria, sae, sal, sea, sei, sel, ser, sir, sis, sri.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-r-s-s"
	+1 letter: assailers, gasaliers, reassails, wassailer.
	+2 letters: aerialists, arsenicals, filariases, lamaseries, rafflesias, reanalysis, reassailed, wassailers.
	+3 letters: accessorial, algebraists, amaryllises, caramelises, marshalcies, naturalises, plagiarises, radicalises, radicalness, rascalities, reassailing, sailboaters, sailplaners, syllabaries.
	+4 letters: antirealisms, antirealists, aquarellists, bilharziases, cavalierisms, desacralizes, desalinators, familiarises, familiarness, forestaysail, hyperplasias, inseparables, materialises, materialisms, materialists, materialness, maternalisms, mistranslate, overanalysis, parallelisms, paternalisms, paternalists, pleasantries, rationalises, rationalness, reappraisals, salutariness, salutatories, slavocracies, variableness.
	+5 letters: admirableness, antipleasures, antislaveries, assortatively, bicameralisms, bilateralisms, dastardliness, erasabilities, forestaysails, fraternalisms, glasspapering, interstadials, laparoscopies, laureateships, maladroitness, malversations, microanalyses, mistranslated, mistranslates, phalansteries, practicalness, preeclampsias, radiationless, radicalnesses, reescalations, sacerdotalism, sacerdotalist, secobarbitals, ultrarealisms, ultrarealists, vascularities.
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