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'''Salary''' is money given in payment to a person as remuneration for their work as an employee. In general, the term is used to mean pay for 'high status' occupations; those in 'low status' occupations receive wages.

'''Salary''' is money given in payment to a person as remuneration for their work as an employee. In general, the term is used to describe payment in a lump sum, regardless of hours worked. Those who get payed by the hour receive [[wages]].

The word salary derives from the [[Latin]] for [[salt]] - as in the approving saying, "He's worth his salt".

The word salary derives from the [[Latin]] for [[salt]] as in the approving saying, "He's worth his salt". In ancient times salt was a very expensive commodity, and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] solders were sometimes payed in salt.