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Salary \Sal"a*ry\, n.; pl. {Salaries}. [F. salaire, L. salarium,
originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers
for salt, which was a part of their pay, fr. salarius
belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. See {Salt}.]
The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be
paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed
wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.
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This is hire and salary, not revenge. --Shak.
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Note: Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short
intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages.
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Syn: Stipend; pay; wages; hire; allowance.
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