something that remunerates
"wages were paid by check"
"he wasted his pay on drink"
"they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
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.
"After negotiating his new role at the tech firm, Marcus signed over an offer letter that guaranteed him a competitive salary rather than an hourly wage."
In plain English: Salary is the fixed amount of money you get paid every year for working at a job.
"She received her first salary from the new job yesterday."
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
"The company decided to salary its hourly staff by switching their paychecks to a fixed monthly amount instead of paying them every two weeks."
In plain English: To salary someone is to give them money regularly for their work, though this usage is very rare and mostly found in old books.
"The company will not salary any employees below the established minimum wage."
Usage: Use this verb when an employer pays wages based on time periods like weeks or months rather than hourly rates. It is often used in formal contexts describing how employees are compensated for their work over extended durations.
Saline.
"The salary was not saline, so I had to adjust my diet after work."
"The salary grade determines how much you earn at this company."
The word "salary" comes from the Latin salārium, which originally meant wages related to salt. It is believed to be a shortened form of salārium argentum, meaning "salt money."