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From Latin salarium (“‘salt money, money to buy salt with’”), from sal (“‘salt’”)
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salary (plural salaries)
- a fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
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fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis
- Arabic: راتب ar(ar) (raatib) m., أجر ar(ar) ('ájr) m.
- Catalan: salari m.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 薪金 zh(zh) (xīnjīn), 薪水 zh(zh) (xīnshui), 工資 zh(zh), 工资 zh(zh) (gōngzī)
- Czech: plat cs(cs) m.
- Dutch: salaris nl(nl) n.
- Finnish: palkka fi(fi)
- French: salaire fr(fr) m.
- German: Gehalt de(de) n.
- Greek: μισθός el(el) (misthós) m.
- Hebrew: משכורת he(he) (maskoret) f., שכר he(he) (sakhar) m.
- Hindi: तनख़्वाह hi(hi) (tanaḵẖvāha), वेतन hi(hi) (vētana), मासिक वेतन hi(hi) (māsika vētana)
- Hungarian: fizetés hu(hu)
- Icelandic: laun is(is) n. pl., föst laun is(is) n. pl., kaup is(is) n.
- Interlingua: salario
- Italian: stipendio it(it) m., salario it(it) m.
- Japanese: サラリー ja(ja) (sararī), 給料 ja(ja) (きゅうりょう, kyūryō)
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- Korean: 급료 ko(ko) (geupryo), 봉급 ko(ko) (bonggeup), 임금 ko(ko) (imgeum)
- Kurdish: meaş ku(ku) m., miz ku(ku) m., muçe ku(ku) m., mehane ku(ku) f., مهعاش ku(ku)
- Latin: salarium n.
- Meru: muchaara
- Norwegian: lønn no(no) c.
- Polish: pensja pl(pl) f., płaca pl(pl) f., wynagrodzenie pl(pl) n.
- Portuguese: salário m.
- Romanian: salariu ro(ro) n.
- Russian: заработная плата ru(ru) (zárabotnaja pláta) f., зарплата ru(ru) (zarpláta) f., жалование ru(ru) (žálovanije) n.
- Slovak: plat sk(sk) m.
- Spanish: salario es(es) m., sueldo es(es) m.
- Swahili: mshahara sw(sw)
- Swedish: lön sv(sv) c.
- Tamil: சம்பளம் (cambaLam)
- Telugu: జీతం te(te) (jeetam)
- Turkish: maaş tr(tr)
- Vietnamese: lương vi(vi)
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to salary (third-person singular simple present salaries, present participle salarying, simple past and past participle salaried)
- To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
