D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Salary

/săl'-ẽr-ē/ · Sal·a·ry · IPA /ˈsæl.ə.ɹi/
01 a. Saline
  1. 1.
    Saline[Obs.]
02 n. The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year,…
pl. Salaries ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.
03 v. t. To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
imp. & p. p. Salaried; p. pr. & vb. n. Salarying
  1. 1.
    To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.