personal finance
salary
A fixed regular payment made by an employer to an employee, typically paid monthly or biweekly.
Example
"She negotiated her salary up by $10,000 before accepting the job offer."
💡 Memory Tip
SAL-ary — from salt (sal). Roman soldiers were paid in salt. Your salary is your 'salt.'
Etymology
From Latin 'salarium' — possibly from 'sal' (salt), as Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt.
Common Misspellings
salerysallarysalerysalaery
Related Terms
See Also
wagescompensationbonus