This glossary can help you prepare for the IELTS writing tasks related to the Salary for work.
career
noun
An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
Example: Very few of us can go through an entire career staying in a position or an industry.
depressed
adjective
(of a person) in a state of unhappiness or despondency.
Example: Too many people become preoccupied with the next pay rise or career move, and eventually become unhappy or even depressed.
eventually
adverb
In the end, especially after a long delay, dispute, or series of problems.
Example: Too many people become preoccupied with the next pay rise or career move, and eventually become unhappy or even depressed.
financial incentive
noun phrase
A financial incentive is defined as: a monetary benefit offered … to encourage behaviour or actions which otherwise would not take place.
Example: Very few of us can go through an entire career staying in a position or an industry that we find boring purely for the financial incentive.
financial stability
noun phrase
Financial stability is defined in terms of its ability to facilitate and enhance economic processes, manage risks, and absorb shocks.
Example: Granted, it arguably brings financial stability, for individuals and for their families.
industry
noun
Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
Example: Very few of us can go through an entire career staying in a position or an industry.
preoccupied
adjective
Engrossed in thought; distracted.
Example: Too many people become preoccupied with the next pay rise or career move, and eventually become unhappy or even depressed.
salary
noun
A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.
Example: However, I do not agree that a good salary should necessarily be the number one concern for everyone.
well-off
adjective
Wealthy.
Example: It seems unlikely that the priority for, say, every nurse or teacher in the world is to become well-off, and jobs such as these are rarely extremely well-paid.
well-paid
adjective
Earning or providing good pay.
Example: It seems unlikely that the priority for, say, every nurse or teacher in the world is to become well-off, and jobs such as these are rarely extremely well-paid.