释义 |
sal·a·ry 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 |