Salary Definition

sălə-rē, sălrē
salaries
noun
salaries
A fixed payment at regular intervals for services, esp. when clerical or professional.
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verb

To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.

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adjective

(obsolete) Saline.

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Other Word Forms of Salary

Noun

Singular:
salary
Plural:
salaries

Origin of Salary

  • Middle English salarie from Anglo-Norman from Latin salārium money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt from neuter of salārius pertaining to salt from sāl salt sal- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin salarium (“salt money, money to buy salt with"), from sal (“salt")

    From Wiktionary

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