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Salary vs Alms - What's the difference?

salary | alms |

As nouns the difference between salary and alms

is that 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 while alms is something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.

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.

salary

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(salaries)
  • 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
    • This is hire and salary , not revenge.
  • * 1668 July 3rd, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
    • 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.

    See also

    * pay * remuneration * wage * wages

    Verb

  • To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) saline

    • External links

    * (wikipedia)

    alms

    English

    Noun

    (alms)
  • Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
    • She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms .
    Alms are distributed from the weekly collection for the purpose.
  • * c.'' 1779 ,
    • St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God.

    Related terms

    * eleemosynary

    Anagrams

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