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sal⋅a⋅ry
[sal-uh-ree] 
ə
–noun, plural -ries.
| a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services. |
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| 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. |
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Salary
Sal"a*ry\, a. [L. salarius.] Saline [Obs.]Salary
Sal"a*ry\, n.; pl. Salaries. [F. salaire, L. salarium, originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers for salt, which was a part of their pay, fr. salarius belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. See Salt.] The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire. This is hire and salary, not revenge. --Shak. Note: Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages. Syn: Stipend; pay; wages; hire; allowance.
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Language Translation for : salary
Spanish:
salario,
German:
das Gehalt,
Japanese:
給料
salary (n.)
c.1377, from Anglo-Fr. salarie (c.1280), O.Fr. salarie, from L. salarium "salary, stipend," originally "soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt," from neut. of adj. salarius "pertaining to salt," from sal (gen. salis) "salt" (see salt). Japanese sarariman "male salaried worker," lit. "salary-man," is from Eng. The verb meaning "to pay a regular salary to" is attested from c.1477.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: sal·a·ry
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
: fixed compensation paid regularly for services —sal·a·ried adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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