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Salary vs Tuition - What's the difference?

salary | tuition |

As nouns the difference between salary and tuition

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 tuition is (label) a sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).

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)

    tuition

    English

    (wikipedia tuition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college).
  • The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.
  • (label) care, guardianship.
  • * 1599 , :
    • BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you—
    CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,—
    DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick.
    BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not.

    Related terms

    {{rel3, tutelage , tutelar , tutelary , tutor , tutorial}}

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