| 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 |