Oscar-winning actor Gregory Peck, star of Roman Holiday and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, has died, just just days after his character in To Kill a Mockingbird was voted the greatest hero in Hollywood history.
Salary is a fixed amount of money or compensation paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed. general rule for comparing periodic salaries to hourly wages is based on a standard 40 hour work week with 50 weeks per year (minus two weeks for vacation). (Example: $40,000/year periodic salary divided by 50 weeks equals $800/week.
Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: 1  salary(Noun) A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. 2  salary(Verb) To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.