substantial salary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubstantialandsalary
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substantial
adjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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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 ofsubstantialandsalaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Five of seven outliers hadsubstantialsalaryincreases in their last five years.
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The eight pence he earned per day was, he said,substantialsalary, especially when a man lived with a relative as he did.
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I discovered that one needs to have asubstantialsalaryindeed before the increase bites.
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There are stories ofsubstantialsalaryincreases being paid to people for doing the same work, or at times less work.
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We are talking about an individual who moves from one job to another with asubstantialsalaryincrease.
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Not everybody who is going abroad will earn asubstantialsalary.
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We are on the eve of what may be the mostsubstantialsalaryaward made to teachers in the history of the profession.
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Accountants have hadsubstantialsalaryincreases over the last four or five years.
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We realise that such an individual may prove difficult to find and that he will command asubstantialsalary.
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One cannot argue that a county court judge should have asubstantialsalaryincrease because of this factor when he is not dealing with crime.
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The post of director has been advertised at asubstantialsalary.
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Where an individual moves and has a verysubstantialsalaryincrease, there are restrictions on the number of continuous years that can be provided for his or her pension.
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It cannot be regarded as inadvertent, nor can it be regarded as trivial, when there is an appointment of this kind at a quitesubstantialsalary.
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Another possibility is that asubstantialsalarymight be fixed according to national circumstances and national parliamentary salaries, with a fixed system of expense allowances added to that.
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In recent years, much attention has been paid to improving the professional standing of police officers bysubstantialsalaryincreases and enhanced opportunities for career development.
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I feel that this could prejudice the working of linkage in that there would be the likelihood of asubstantialsalarylift if this formula were operated.
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She suggests that part of hissubstantialsalarygoes towards helping the needy, and he is speechless.
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According to one account of the strike, the strike resulted insubstantialsalaryincreases, a 40-hour work week and screen credits for animators.
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