SALARY
ADJECTIVES
1656 ► SALARIATED salaried → obs.
NOUNS
– BIG MONEY a large amount of money, high wages or salary …1888 orig. US
– BIG PAY high wages or salary …1915 US
– GAPPINGS a salary …1955 US sl.
– K £1000 or $1000; used esp. with reference to salaries offered in job advertisements …1968 sl.
– MONKEY MONEY the salary paid to film extras in US films shot in Canada …1999 Can. sl.
– RAISE an increase in salary or wages …L19 sl.
– SALT MONEY salary …1535 obs.
– SUB an advance payment of wages or salary …1866 Brit. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1886 ► WAGE-SLAVE a person dependent on wages or a salary for a livelihood
1957 ► GHOST PAYROLLER a person receiving a salary for a job that exists only nominally, or that requires little or no work, and which has been awarded through patronage, nepotism, or to ensure political allegiance; chiefly depreciative → US colloq.
VERBS
1656 ► SALARIATE to pay a salary to; to supply the salary of → obs.
1874 ► SUB to pay someone a ‘sub’, or advance on wages or salary → Brit. sl.
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