The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Salary \Sal"a*ry\, a. [L. salarius.]
   Saline [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Salary \Sal"a*ry\, n.; pl. Salaries. [F. salaire, L. salarium,
   originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers
   for salt, which was a part of their pay, fr. salarius
   belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. See Salt.]
   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.
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         This is hire and salary, not revenge.    --Shak.
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   Note: Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short
         intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages.
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   Syn: Stipend; pay; wages; hire; allowance.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Salary \Sal"a*ry\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salaried; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Salarying.]
   To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to;
   as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "salary":
   base pay, compensation, dismissal wage, earnings, emolument,
   escalator clause, escalator plan, fee, financial remuneration,
   gross income, guaranteed annual wage, hire, income, living wage,
   minimum wage, net income, pay, pay and allowances, payment,
   payroll, portal-to-portal pay, purchasing power, real wages,
   remuneration, severance pay, sliding scale, stipend, take-home,
   take-home pay, taxable income, total compensation, wage,
   wage control, wage freeze, wage reduction, wage rollback,
   wage scale, wages, wages after deductions, wages after taxes