sal·a·ry (sāl'ə-rē, sāl'rē) n.
pl.sal·a·ries Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis.
[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; see sal- in Indo-European roots.] sal'a·ried adj.