Dayrate vs Salary - What's the difference?
dayrate | salary |
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
* Shakespeare
* 1668 July 3rd, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
As a noun salary is
a fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.As a verb salary is
to pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.As an adjective salary is
(obsolete) saline.dayrate
Not English
Dayrate has no English definition. It may be misspelled.salary
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(salaries)- This is hire and salary , not revenge.
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- Andrew Hou?toun'' and ''Adam Mu?het'', being Tack?men of the Excize, did Imploy ''Thomas Rue'' to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound ''Sterling for a year.