salary

n. periodic wage paid to someone for work, pay

A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which is specified in an employment contract. It is contrasted with piece wages, where each job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis.From the point of view of running a business, salary can also be viewed as the cost of acquiring human resources for running operations, and is then termed personnel expense or salary expense. In accounting, salaries are recorded in payroll accounts.
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Noun
1. something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings"
(synonym) wage, pay, earnings, remuneration
(hypernym) regular payment
(hyponym) combat pay
(part-holonym) payroll, paysheet

(v. t.)
To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
  

(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, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.
  

(a.)
Saline
  

Regular wages and benefits received by an employee from an employer.