salary

salary
(pl. -ies)
  1. a fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker
    薪金,薪水(尤指专业人员或白领的年薪)。 比较 wage
    he received a salary of £19,000.
    他年薪19,000英镑。
    [as modifier]a 15 per cent salary increase.
    薪金增加15%。
(-ies, -ied)
  1. [with obj.](archaic)pay a salary to
    (古)给…薪金
语源
  1. Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal 'salt'
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