(pl. -ies)
- 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）：
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%. 比较WAGE.
词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French salarie, from Latin salarium, originally denoting a Roman soldier's allowance to buy salt, from sal 'salt'.