Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not receiving a salary; unpaid: Describes a position, role, or work for which no regular salary or wage is paid.
   • Voluntary; without monetary compensation: Often used to describe work done on a voluntary basis or positions that are not part of a paid employment structure.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • She held an unsalaried position on the board of trustees for three years.
  • Many interns start in unsalaried roles to gain experience in the industry.
  • The organization relies on the efforts of its unsalaried volunteers.

Advanced Usage

• Legal/Formal Context: Used in official documents to distinguish unpaid roles from paid employment, often with implications for benefits, taxes, or legal status.
  • The contract specified that the advisory role was entirely unsalaried.
• Economic Context: Can describe labor that is not part of the formal wage economy.
  • A significant amount of domestic work remains unsalaried.

Variants and Related Words

• Unpaid (adj): The most common synonym, meaning not paid for.
• Voluntary (adj): Done, given, or acting of one's own free will, often without payment. (Note: "voluntary" can imply more choice than "unsalaried").
• Uncompensated (adj): Not receiving any compensation, which can include benefits beyond just a salary.
• Honorary (adj): Conferred as an honor, without the usual requirements or payments, especially of an office. (e.g., an chairman).

Synonyms

• Unpaid
• Uncompensated
• Gratis (for services)
• Voluntary (in many contexts)

Antonyms

• Salaried
• Paid
• Compensated
• Remunerated

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Pro bono: A Latin phrase meaning "for the public good," used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment.
  • The lawyer took the case on a pro bono basis.
• Labor of love: Work done for the pleasure of it rather than for monetary reward.
  • Maintaining the community garden was a labor of love for her.

Adjective

1. not paying a salary
   • an uncompensated federal post