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celery (SEL uh ree) (noun)
A plant (Apium graveolens) the stalks of which are typically ribbed and green and eaten either cooked or raw: For her daily lunch, Jan always included several sticks of celery because she liked the crunchy texture.
salary (SAL uh ree, SAL ree) (noun)
Compensation or wages paid for services: Madeline supplemented her small salary by getting a second job.
When Kent worked on a farm one summer, part of his salary was vegetables from the field. He especially liked the green celery.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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salary
1. A fixed periodic payment for work done.
2. A fixed annual sum, paid at regular intervals, usually monthly or weekly, to an employee; especially, for professional or clerical work.
3. Etymology: from Anglo-French salarie, Old French salarie, from Latin salarium, "salary, stipend"; originally, "a soldier's allowance for buying salt" that was a valued commodity over which many wars were fought; from Latin salarius, "pertaining to salt"; from sal, salis, "salt".
2. A fixed annual sum, paid at regular intervals, usually monthly or weekly, to an employee; especially, for professional or clerical work.
3. Etymology: from Anglo-French salarie, Old French salarie, from Latin salarium, "salary, stipend"; originally, "a soldier's allowance for buying salt" that was a valued commodity over which many wars were fought; from Latin salarius, "pertaining to salt"; from sal, salis, "salt".