maximum salary

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meaningsofmaximumandsalary

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maximum
adjective
uk
/ˈmæk.sɪ.məm/us
/ˈmæk.sə.məm/
being the largest amount or number allowed ...
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salary
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈsæl.ər.i/us
/ˈsæl.ɚ.i/
a fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account ...
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(Definition ofmaximumandsalaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the hospital service themaximumsalaryfor one so qualified is £720 a year.
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A senior principal currently receives amaximumsalaryof £16,810.
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But this is only a temporary incident, as the new scale will bring them substantial improvements, both of annual increments andmaximumsalary.
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Even the higher grade of senior physiotherapist has amaximumsalaryof only £979—hardly more than a clerical officer.
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That £860 is themaximumsalarythat the vast majority of probation officers can hope to receive.
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Themaximumsalaryis£3,500 per annum, the minimum is£750 per annum, but this may, on occasion, be abated.
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Themaximumsalarypayable to the chief executive is £55,700 per annum.
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Themaximumsalarypayable to the chief executive is at present determined by reference to the standard grade 5 range on which he is paid.
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I have worked it out and find that, even before they reach theirmaximumsalary, each new entrant will have lost £275.
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Themaximumsalaryfor an executive officer in these grades is £2,288 per annum, reached after 15 annual increments with a starting level of £951 per year.
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I cannot see anyone trained in industry waiting sixteen years to get hismaximumsalary.
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Themaximumsalaryis £26,325, exclusive of allowances and overtime payments where appropriate.
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I should like to contrast that with the presentmaximumsalaryof the old employees who remained in the cable room after 1929.
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Are these teachers in the same position as those who have reached theirmaximumsalarylimit?
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They must have themaximumsalaryof their class in order that they may get the maximum pension.
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Themaximumsalaryof the class received by a principal medical laboratory technician is £3,465.
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This does not, however, specify amaximumsalarythreshold.
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Themaximumsalarypayable in these grades is £525 a year.
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It takes him seventeen years to reach themaximumsalary.
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We pay a qualified teacher onmaximumsalary£1,110 a year.
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