\Sal"a*ry\, n.; pl. {Salaries}. [F. salaire, L. salarium,
originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers
for salt, which was a part of their pay, fr. salarius
belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. See {Salt}.]
The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be
paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed
wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.
This is hire and salary, not revenge. --Shak.
Note: Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short
intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages.
Syn: Stipend; pay; wages; hire; allowance.
\Sal"a*ry\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salaried}; p.
pr. &
vb.
n. {Salarying}.]
To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to;
as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.