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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessalário
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /saˈla.ɾiu/
"O salário semanal é depositado na sexta-feira."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fixed regular payment earned for work or services, typically paid on a daily, weekly, or piece-rate basis.
"Many manufacturing employees receive their weekly wage on Friday afternoons."
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To engage in or carry on a conflict, war, or campaign.
"The labor union decided to wage a peaceful campaign for better working conditions."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'wage' (pledge, payment), originating from Old Northern French 'wager' and Germanic roots related to the Gothic 'wadi' (pledge) and Old English 'wedd'. Historically evolving from a formal pledge or security for a contract, it shifted to mean regular payment for labor and, by extension, to carry on a campaign or war.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Wage" is said worldwide
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salaire
Transliteration: /sa.lɛʁ/
"Les salaires sont versés chaque fin de semaine."
Lohn
Transliteration: /loːn/
"Der wöchentliche Lohn wurde pünktlich überwiesen."
salario
Transliteration: /saˈla.rjo/
"Il salario settimanale viene pagato di venerdì."
salario
Transliteration: /saˈla.ɾjo/
"Los trabajadores esperan su salario semanal."
salário
Transliteration: /saˈla.ɾiu/
"O salário semanal é depositado na sexta-feira."
मजदूरी
Transliteration: mazdūrī
"कामगारों को उनकी साप्ताहिक मजदूरी मिल गई।"
工资
Transliteration: gōngzī
"工人每周五领取他们的工资。"
임금
Transliteration: imgeum
"직원들은 매주 금요일에 임금을 받습니다."
賃金
Transliteration: chingin
"毎週金曜日に賃金が支払われます。"
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