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salariu

salary /saˈla.riu/

noun#2070 most common

Also: wage, pay

Example sentences

Salariul meu este mic.
My salary is small.
Am nevoie de un salariu mai mare.
I need a bigger salary.
Șeful mi-a mărit salariul anul acesta.
My boss raised my salary this year.
Multe familii trăiesc doar din salariul minim pe economie.
Many families live only on the minimum wage.
Guvernul a anunțat o creștere a salariului minim începând cu luna viitoare.
The government announced an increase in the minimum wage starting next month.
Diferența dintre salariile bărbaților și cele ale femeilor rămâne o problemă persistentă pe piața muncii.
The gap between men's and women's salaries remains a persistent problem in the labor market.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativesalariusalarii
Genitivesalariuluisalariilor
Accusativesalariusalarii
VocativesalariuleNone

Word family

salariatemployee; salaried
salarialrelating to wages or pay
salarizarewage-setting, pay administration
a salarizato place on a payroll, to pay a wage to

Etymology

Salariu comes from Latin salarium, the allowance paid to Roman soldiers, originally tied to the purchase of salt. Latin sal, meaning salt, sits at the root of the word. Romanian inherited the term directly from Latin, alongside French, Italian, and Spanish, which borrowed or inherited the same root for their own words for salary.

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