[sal-uh-ree] 
| a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services. |
| 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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