[ˈsaləri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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
(e.g: he received a salary of £24,000)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’

[ˈsaləri], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pay a salary to
(e.g: the Chinese system—salary the doctor and stop his pay when you get ill)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’