salary
Syllabification: (sal·a·ry)
Pronunciation: /ˈsalərē/
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verb
[ with object] archaic
Definition of salary
noun ( plural salaries)
- a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker:he received a salary of $29,000
verb ( salaries, salarying, salaried)
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal 'salt'
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