salary

Definition of Salary in English :

something that remunerates

Example Sentences:
'wages were paid by check'
'he wasted his pay on drink'
'they saved a quarter of all their earnings'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Salary

noun plural -ries

1.

a fixed regular payment made by an employer, often monthly, for professional or office work as opposed to manual work

Compare wage (sense 1)

verb -ries, -rying or -ried

2. (transitive)

to pay a salary to

nounWord forms: plural ˈsalaries

a fixed payment at regular intervals for services, esp. when clerical or professional

n. pl. sal·a·ries

Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis.