[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salary \sal"ary\, 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.
   1913 webster

         this is hire and salary, not revenge.    --shak.
   1913 webster

   note: recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short
         intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages.
         1913 webster

   syn: stipend; pay; wages; hire; allowance.
        1913 webster
see also:
salaries salt 

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