■ noun ( plural salaries ) a fixed regular payment made usually on a monthly basis by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.
■ verb ( salaries , ~ing , salaried ) pay a ~ to.
Derivatives
salaried adjective
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. salarie , from L. salarium , orig. denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal 'salt'.