a fixed regular payment made by an employer, often monthly, for professional or office work as opposed to manual work
Comparewage 1
- (transitive)
to pay a salary to
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sal•a•ry /ˈsæləri/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -ries.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a fixed amount of money paid regularly to a person for work:Salaries for these jobs start at $20,000 a year.
sal•a•ry
(sal′ə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries.
sal′a•ry•less, adj.
- a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
- Latin salārium salt money. See sal, -ary
- Anglo-French
- Middle English salarie 1350–1400
- See pay.
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