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sal·a·ry

salary

 
 
pronunciation:
sae l ri
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part of speech: noun
inflections: salaries
definition: A salary is the amount of money that someone is paid for the work they do. A salary is a certain amount of money that someone gets every week or at other regular times. A person who gets a "salary" usually works at least forty hours per week.
My dad left his old job because he wasn't happy with his salary. Now he has a job with a higher one.Jane's mother is paid her salary once a month.
synonyms:
pay, wage
Word History
Salary comes from a Latin word that means "an allowance given to soldiers to buy salt." Salt is essential to the human diet. For past civilizations, salt was often expensive and difficult to obtain.
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