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The class or body of persons who work for fixed compensation paid regularly.

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Usage examples (9)
  • People who for years had been ground down by high prices for the commonest necessities, considered seriously the question of the "salariat" joining forces with...
  • In spite of its own interests in restraining a rise in prices, the old official "salariat" is likely to be obstructive to any such innovations.
  • For sure, the EU is a huge apparatus, staffed by thousands of rent-seekers and supported by a massive salariat which depends for its position and influence on EU action.
  • From the beginning of the mechanical age, the men of science, the technical experts, the inventors and discoverers, the foremen and managers and organizers, had been...
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