Slavery vs Salary - What's the difference?
slavery | salary |
An institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
A condition of servitude endured by a slave.
(figuratively) A condition in which one is captivated or subjugated, as by greed or drugs.
* 1818 , ,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 8, stanza 16,
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 nouns the difference between slavery and salary
is that slavery is an institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers while 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.slavery
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(wikipedia slavery)Noun
(en-noun)- Man seeks for gold in mines that he may weave / A lasting chain for his own slavery .
See also
* debt bondage * bonded labor * bonded labourReferences
* * * * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.salary
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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.
