n.
 (pl. salaries)
 a fixed regular payment made usually on a monthly basis by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.
v.
 (salaries, salarying, salaried)
 pay a salary to.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. salarie, from L. salarium, orig. denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal ‘salt’.