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salary

sal·a·ry [ sálləree, sállree ] (plural sal·a·ries)


noun 
Definition:
 
payment for nonmanual work: a fixed annual sum, paid at regular intervals, usually monthly, to an employee, especially for professional or clerical work

[13th century. Directly or via French< Latin salarium "money given to a Roman soldier to buy salt" < sal "salt"]

sal·a·ried adjective

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See wage.

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