salary
noun
[ ˈsaləri ]
• a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly 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 £24,000"
Similar:
pay,
earnings,
remuneration,
fee(s),
emolument(s),
stipend,
honorarium,
hire,
wages,
wage,
gross pay,
payment,
earned income,
take-home pay,
net pay,
salary
verb
• pay a salary to.
• "the Chinese system—salary the doctor and stop his pay when you get ill"
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’.
