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

Salary Sentence Examples

  • There was a position open at a private home, but the salary had to be wrong.

  • He named his salary, a figure that surprised Dean.

  • His functions were those of a secretary; and, though he profited by benefices conferred on him in lieu of salary, he remained a layman to the end of his life.

  • We needed my salary so badly quitting wasn't part of the equation.

  • Not content with the 67,000 talers a month which he drew as salary for his innumerable offices, he was found when an inquiry was held in the next reign to have abstracted more than five million talers of public money for his private use.

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Words Starting With

SSASAL

Words Ending With

YRYARY

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Words Starting With S and Ending With Y

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With Y