salarium

allowance, stipend

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A compact three-panel sequence shows the same office employee receiving the same amount of pay at the same point in three successive months, making fixed regular compensation for work visible.

noun

salary

SAL-uh-ree/ˈsæləri/

A fixed regular payment for work, usually stated as a yearly amount.

Etymology

salaryLatinallowance, stipend

Latin salarium meant an allowance or stipend and is said to have originally meant money for a soldier to buy salt. The payment sense later narrowed to fixed, periodic compensation for services.

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