salary

salary 薪金，薪水

来自拉丁语 salarium,薪金，薪水，薪俸，来自 sal,盐，词源同 salt,盐。字面意思即买盐钱， 因盐的重要性而得名，或来自古代社会给士兵发盐的真实历史。

salary

salary: [14] Salary goes back to a Latin word that originally denoted an ‘allowance given to Roman soldiers for buying salt’ (salt being in former times a valued commodity, over which wars were fought, rather than taken for granted as it is today). This was salārium, a derivative of sāl ‘salt’. It soon broadened out to mean ‘fixed periodic payment for work done’, and passed in this sense via Anglo-Norman salarie into English.
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salary (n.)

late 13c., "compensation, payment," whether periodical, for regular service or for a specific service; from Anglo-French salarie, Old French salaire "wages, pay, reward," from Latin salarium "salary, stipend, pension," originally "salt-money, soldier's allowance for the purchase of salt," noun use of neuter of adjective salarius "pertaining to salt," from sal (genitive salis) "salt" (see salt (n.)). Japanese sarariman "male salaried worker," literally "salary-man," is from English.

salary (v.)

"to pay a regular salary to," late 15c., from salary (n.). Related: Salaried, which as an adjective in reference to positions originally was contrasted with honorary; lately with hourly.

1. You get a big salary incentive and free board and lodging too.

你们能获得大笔激励性薪水，还可享受免费膳宿。

2. I got a fantastic new job and my salary tripled.

我得到了一份非常好的新工作，薪水涨到了原来的3倍。

3. His salary was obscene for three 40-minute shows a week.

他一周只有3次节目，每次40分钟，但他的薪水实在高得离谱。

4. The £103 is deducted from Mrs Adams' salary every month.

这103英镑每月从亚当斯夫人的工资里扣掉。

5. My salary was around £9,000 plus a car and expenses.

我的薪水大约是9,000英镑，还有一辆车和业务经费可支配。

【fee, earnings, wage, allowance, income, pay, salary】
这组词都有“工资、收入”的意思，其区别是：
fee: 指提供某种服务收取的固定费用。
earnings: 多指通过劳动或投资等手段所得到的收入。
wage: 多用复数形式，指按小时、日或星期的报酬，通常指体力劳动者的工资。
allowance: 指收入中的补贴部分。
income: 与earnings含义很相近，但前者强调总收入。
pay: 是个通用词，可取代salary与wage.
salary: 指按年定下，按月或星期平均给予的报酬，指脑力劳动者的薪水。