Salary vs. Emolument — What's the Difference?

A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract. It is contrasted with piece wages, where each job, hour or other unit is paid separately, rather than on a periodic basis.

Payment for an office or employment; compensation.

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

(formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.

Pay a salary to

The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.

Fixed compensation for services, paid to a person on a regular basis.

Compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees);

A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.

To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.

(obsolete) Saline.

Saline

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.

To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.

Something that remunerates;