salary

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is hire and salary, not revenge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stipend; pay; wages; hire; allowance. [ 1913 Webster ]