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salary
/ˈsalərē/
A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee.
Etymology: From the French salarie from the Latin salarium (salary, stipend, originally soldier’s allowance for the purchase of salt) from sal (salt), which comes from the Greek als (salt; Gr: άλς).
Words from the same root: salt, salad, salami
Bet you didn't know salary was coined because wages were paid to allow soldiers to purchase salt...
/ˈsalərē/
A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee.
Etymology: From the French salarie from the Latin salarium (salary, stipend, originally soldier’s allowance for the purchase of salt) from sal (salt), which comes from the Greek als (salt; Gr: άλς).
Words from the same root: salt, salad, salami
Bet you didn't know salary was coined because wages were paid to allow soldiers to purchase salt...