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salaried

salaried adjective: paid a salary, as opposed to being an hourly worker or a volunteer. Generally indicating a professional or manager. Also the simple past and past participle of salary.

Adjective

salaried (not comparable)

  1. Paid a salary, as opposed to being an hourly worker or a volunteer. Generally indicating a professional or manager.
  2. Paid monthly as opposed to weekly.

Also used as

salaried is also the simple past and past participle of salary.

Origin of salaried

From salary + -ed.

Words formed from salaried

Questions about salaried

What does salaried mean?
Salaried means paid a salary, as opposed to being an hourly worker or a volunteer. Generally indicating a professional or manager.
What part of speech is salaried?
Salaried is an adjective.

Words near salaried in the dictionary

  1. Salapungan
  2. Salar
  3. salara
  4. salariat
  5. salariats
  6. salaried
  7. salaries
  8. salary
  9. salary cap
  10. salary caps
  11. salary packaging

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