salary

The definition of a salary is a regular fixed payment that a person earns for performing work during a specific period of time.

(noun)

An example of salary is the fixed salary of $100,000 a year paid to a doctor.

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See salary in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. salaries

a fixed payment at regular intervals for services, esp. when clerical or professional

Origin: ME salarie < L salarium, orig., money for salt (as part of Roman soldier's pay) < sal, salt

See salary in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sal·a·ries
Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English salarie

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Latin salārium, money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt

Origin: , from neuter of salārius, pertaining to salt

Origin: , from sāl, salt; see sal- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • salˈa·ried adjective

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