I. ˈsal(ə)rē, -ri noun
( -es )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English salarie, from Latin salarium money given to soldiers for salt, pension, stipend, salary, from neuter of salarius of salt, from sal salt + -arius -ary — more at salt
1. : fixed compensation paid regularly (as by the year, quarter, month, or week) for services : stipend ; especially : such compensation paid to holders of official, executive, or clerical positions — often distinguished from wage
2. obsolete
a. : remuneration for services given : fee , honorarium
why, this is hire and salary , not revenge — Shakespeare
b. : reward , recompense
Synonyms: see wage
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1. : to pay (as a person) for something done : recompense , reward
would string wretched rhymes even when not salaried for them — Isaac D'Israeli
2.
a. : to pay a salary to (a person)
the academicians were salaried by the Crown — S.F.Mason
b. : to attach a salary to (a position)
III.
dialect
variant of celery