| salary Jan 6th 2012, 22:01 {{wikipedia}} > {{pedia}}; +obs. form: sallary; +1668 quot. | ← Older revision | Revision as of 22:01, 6 January 2012 | | Line 1: | Line 1: | | − | {{wikipedia|Salary}} | | | | ==English== | | ==English== | | | + | | | | + | ===Alternative forms=== | | | + | * {{l|en|sallary}} {{qualifier|obsolete}} | | | | | | | | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== | | Line 12: | Line 14: | | | {{en-noun|pl=salaries}} | | {{en-noun|pl=salaries}} | | | | | | | − | # a fixed amount of [[money]] paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as [[wages]]. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy. | + | # A fixed amount of [[money]] paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as [[wages]]. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy. | | | + | #* '''1668''' July 3ʳᵈ, [[w:James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair|James Dalrymple]], "Thomas Rue ''contra'' Andrew Houſtoun" in ''The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion'' I (Edinburgh, 1683), <span class="plainlinks">[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7ApBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA548&dq=%22correus%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BFYCT56sNs7Z8QOstrGlAQ&ved=0CHAQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22correus%22&f=false page 547]</span> | | | + | #*: ''Andrew Houſtoun'' and ''Adam Muſhet'', being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy ''Thomas Rue'' to be their Colle{{ctlig}}or, and gave him a '''Sallary''' of 30. pound ''Sterling'' for a year. | | | | | | | | ====Derived terms==== | | ====Derived terms==== | | Line 72: | Line 74: | | | | | | | | # To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of [[compensation]]. | | # To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of [[compensation]]. | | | + | | | | + | ===External links=== | | | + | * {{pedia}} | | | | | | | | [[cs:salary]] | | [[cs:salary]] | | |
