salary

Etymology
From, from , from , from , the neuter form of the adjective , from. There have been various attempts to explain how the Latin term for “wages” came from the adjective “related to salt”. It is generally assumed that was an abbreviation of, though that phrase is not attested. A commonly cited theory is that the phrase meant “money consisting of salt”, because Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, but there is no evidence for this from ancient sources. Another is that the phrase meant “money used to buy salt [and other miscellaneous items]”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * 1) A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
 * 2) * 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
 * Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
 * Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: loon
 * Albanian: ,
 * Amharic: ደሞዝ
 * Arabic: رَاتِب,
 * Egyptian Arabic: ⁧مُرَتَّب⁩
 * Moroccan Arabic: كنزة, اجرة
 * North Levantine Arabic: ⁧مَعَاش⁩
 * South Levantine Arabic: رَاتِب, ⁧مَعَاش⁩
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: arugã, lufe, platã
 * Assamese: বেতন
 * Azerbaijani: aylıq,, donluq, əmək haqqı
 * Belarusian: зарабо́тная пла́та, зарпла́та, акла́д
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, 薪水
 * Dungan: гунчян
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, månedsløn, årsløn, årslønning
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: salajro
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:,  , kiinteä palkka ,  ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μισθός, ὀψώνιον
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Higaonon: soholan
 * Hindi:, तनख़्वाह, मासिक वेतन
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, föst laun,
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: palkka, polucka
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: tuarastal
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: サラリー,
 * Kazakh: жалақы, айлық, еңбекақы
 * Khmer: ប្រាក់ខែ, បរិលាភ,
 * Korean:, , , , 샐러리
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: مەعاش
 * Northern Kurdish:, , ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ຄ່າຈ້າງ
 * Latin: salārium, manū̆pretium
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: užmokestis,
 * Macedonian: плата
 * Malay:, ujrah
 * Jawi: ݢاجي, اجره
 * Manchu: ᡶᡠᠩᠯᡠ
 * Maori: utu-ā-tau, utu ā-marama
 * Meru: muchaara
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Oromo: mindaa
 * Ottoman Turkish: معاش
 * Pashto: معاش, ,
 * Persian:, , , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Jehault
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tuarasdal, tuarastal
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пла́та, пла́ћа
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: plat, mzda
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: suweldo, pasahod, sahod
 * Tajik:, моҳона, дастмузд
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar: хезмәт хакы,
 * Telugu:
 * Tetum: saláriu
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:, iş haky
 * Ukrainian: заробі́тна пла́та, зарпла́та, запла́та, жа́лування
 * Urdu: ویتَن, اَجْرَت, تَنْخواہ
 * Uyghur: ئىش ھەققى, مائاش, ئايلىق
 * Uzbek:, , , ish haqi
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:, salåre
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שׂכירות

Verb

 * 1) To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.

Translations

 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1)  Saline.