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n. (context US military English) The monthly pay given to members of the active-duty military, determined by pay grade.
Usage examples of "basic pay".
There was a lot to be said for being a master sergeant, and he had also learned that he could retire from the service after twenty years of service at fifty percent of his basic pay, and further that he could retire at the highest grade held in wartimein other words, as a captain.
There was a lot to be said for being a mas-ter sergeant, and he had also learned that he could retire from the service after twenty years of service at fifty percent of his basic pay, and further that he could retire at the highest grade held in wartime-in other words, as a captain.
The only gloomy reaction to the events of the afternoon was the realization that the shortness of the campaign would mean only basic pay.
Poole was an Astronaut, First Class, all crew members would receive the standard basic pay for that grade, which worked out at $34,945 per annum.
Within a couple of minutes Nick had accepted enough bets to risk a month's basic pay.
The Department of Defense statistics on basic pay for an active duty officer in his first two years was about $25,000.