| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sal·a·ry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s l  -r , slr |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. sal·a·ries
Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English salarie, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin sal rium, money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt, from neuter of salrius, pertaining to salt, from sl, salt. See sal- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | sala·ried —ADJECTIVE
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