Back to Top. Salary exchange (also referred to as salary sacrifice), is where someone gives up part of their salary in return for a non-cash benefit, often a pension contribution.alary Exchange Calculator. Salary exchange (also referred to as salary sacrifice), is where someone gives up part of their salary in return for a non-cash benefit, often a pension contribution.
Coming from the Latin adversus meaning turned against, adverse is an adjective describing a factor that seems to work against or actively harm something. Think of the related word, adversary, which means enemy or opponent, so that if something is adverse, it acts as if it were the enemy.
1. antagonistic or inimical; hostile: adverse criticism. 2. unfavourable to one's interests: adverse circumstances. 3. contrary or opposite in direction or position: adverse winds. 4. (Botany) (of leaves, flowers, etc) facing the main stem. Compare averse 2. [C14: from Latin adversus opposed to, hostile, from advertere to turn towards, from ad-to, towards + vertere to turn]. (aedËvÉrs, Ã¦dËvÉrs Ëaed). ËÃ¦d vÉrs