From Middle English salarie, from Anglo-Norman salarie, from Old French salaire, from Latin salārium (“wages”), the neuter form of the adjective salārius (“related to salt”), from sal (“salt”). 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 salārium was an abbreviation of salārium argentum (“salt money”), though that phrase is not attested. A commonly cited theory states that the phrase meant “money consisting of salt”, because, supposedly, Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, but there is no evidence for either of these claims from ancient sources. Another is that the phrase meant “money used to buy salt [and other miscellaneous items]”.
From Middle English salarie, from Anglo-Norman salarie, from Old French salaire, from Latin salārium (“wages”), the neuter form of the adjective salārius (“related to salt”), from sal (“salt”). 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 salārium was an abbreviation of salārium argentum (“salt money”), though that phrase is not attested. A commonly cited theory states that the phrase meant “money consisting of salt”, because, supposedly, Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, but there is no evidence for either of these claims from ancient sources. Another is that the phrase meant “money used to buy salt [and other miscellaneous items]”.
Meanings
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.
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. 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
I used to say to our audiences: “It is difficult to get a man understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” 1935, Upton Sinclair, chapter XX, in I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked, page 109:
This is hire and salary, not revenge. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
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annual basis) · hi मासिक वेतन (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ar أَجْر (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · mi utu ā-marama (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ur مِحَنْتانَہ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · uz oylik (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fi kuukausipalkka (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · be зарабо́тная пла́та (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tet saláriu (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fa-ira دَسْتْمُزْد (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ja 給料 (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · rup platã (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ps معاش (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ca salari (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ur پَگار (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · gu દરમાયો (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ms ujrah (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fi kiinteä palkka (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · cmn 工錢 /工钱 (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · izh palkka (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · wa salåre (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ar رَاتِب (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · am ደሞዝ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · izh polucka (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · da løn (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sh pláta (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · mr पगार (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · da månedsløn (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · vi lương (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sq pagë (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · grc ὀψώνιον (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · cmn 薪水 (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · mnc ᡶᡠᠩᠯᡠ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ko 임금 (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · es sueldo (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · mba soholan (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · km បរិលាភ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ur طَلَب (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ga tuarastal (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sw mshahara (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · nn lønn (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · kmr miz (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · bn উজরত (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sv lön (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ug ئايلىق (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tt айлык (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · he משכורת \ מַשְׂכֹּרֶת (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · gu મુસારો (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ar رَاتِب (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · de Lohn (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · mer muchaara (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · id gaji (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · th เงินเดือน (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · uz moyana (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · uk запла́та (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · uk зарпла́та (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · lt užmokestis (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sk mzda (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · uk жа́лування (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tg дастмузд (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · uz maosh (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · hu bér (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ps تنخا (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · rup arugã (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fa-ira پاداش (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · my လုပ်ခ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · nb lønn (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · da årsløn (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · mn цалин (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ru окла́д (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · hi वेतन (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ms gaji (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ka ხელფასი (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fi liksa (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · pt salário (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ary اجرة (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · gu અવેજ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · yue 薪水 (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fi vuosipalkka (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · hu fizetés (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ug مائاش (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sh пла́ћа (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · la manū̆pretium (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · be зарпла́та (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ru жа́лование (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · be акла́д (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fa-ira حُقوق (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · gl salario (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · kk еңбекақы (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · gd tuarastal (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · el μισθός (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · hy վաստակ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · uz ish haqi (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · gu પગાર (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ps مهينه (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ru за́работная пла́та (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ko 급료 (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · dng гунчян (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · is föst laun (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · th ค่าจ้าง (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · bn বেতন (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · it stipendio (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · is kaup (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · hi मेहनताना (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ug ئىش ھەققى (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · rup lufe (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tr maaş (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ur مُشاہَرَہ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sq rrogë (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ur ویتَن (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sl plača (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · is laun (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · grc μισθός (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · cmn 工資 /工资 (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · yi שׂכירות (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · gu વેતન (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ary كنزة (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · lv alga (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · az əmək haqqı (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ca sou (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · km ប្រាក់ខែ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · kmr mehane (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · nl salaris (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · cmn 薪金 (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · cs plat (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tg маош (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fr salaire (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · nl loon (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ja サラリー (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · kmr meaş (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · pl pensja (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · hi पगार (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ru зарпла́та (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ro plată (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ms اجره (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ro leafă (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · az donluq (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sv månadslön (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tl sahod (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · lt alga (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ur اُجْرَت (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ms ݢاجي (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ar مَعَاش (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tl suweldo (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ur تَنْخواہ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · hy աշխատավարձ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · wa traitmint (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · eo salajro (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · kk жалақы (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · hi दिहाड़ी (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fi palkka (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · af loon (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · bg на́дница (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tk aýlyk (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · fa-ira مَعاش (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · sh pláća (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · km ទិនិកា (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · mt salarju (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · om mindaa (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ta சம்பளம் (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · tr ücret (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ky айлык (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · uk заробі́тна пла́та (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · prs مَعَاش (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · pdt Jehault (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · la salārium (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · ar مَعَاش (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) · lo ຄ່າຈ້າງ (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)
From Middle English salarie, from Anglo-Norman salarie, from Old French salaire, from Latin salārium (“wages”), the neuter form of the adjective salārius (“related to salt”), from sal (“salt”). 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 salārium was an abbreviation of salārium argentum (“salt money”), though that phrase is not attested. A commonly cited theory states that the phrase meant “money consisting of salt”, because, supposedly, Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, but there is no evidence for either of these claims from ancient sources. Another is that the phrase meant “money used to buy salt [and other miscellaneous items]”.
Meanings
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.