history of Salary word?

Rufus Plough: gee whiz. i was gonna answer this but the first responder did a wham-bang-up job! give that person a "see-gar". (and the ten points). :>)

Mildred Pombo: There are several possible origins of the word 'salary'.According to the ancient Hebrew Book of Ezra (550-450 BC), 'eating someone's salt' meant allowance or service. In the book, the servants of the Persian King Artaxerxes I expressed their loyalty in the following way, 'as we live on the palace's salt', 'we are supplied by the King', 'we report to the King.'There are several possible origins of the word salary'.Similarly, the Roman 'salarium' can be derived from the relation between salt and soldier. It meant 'be in employment, be on the payroll', but the origin is uncertain. According to the least accepted theory, the word 'soldier' comes from the Latin 'sal dare' (give salt). As a matter of fact, Plinius, a Roman historian, also mentions sea water in his "Natural History" book, 'In Rome, a sold! ier's salary was originally salt, and 'salary' is derived from this word.' (Plinius Naturalis Historia XXXI)According to other sources, the word 'soldier' is derived from the Latin 'soldius' meaning 'coin', which was given to soldiers for their service. 'Salarium' meant the permission to buy salt, or the money spent on the defence of the salt-roads (Via Salarium) leading to Rome.Whatever the real origin of the word is, salarium, which was given to Roman soldiers, has been associated with the meaning of 'work for a salary' in the western world.In the ancient times, in the Roman Empire, in the middle ages or in Europe and its colonies before industrialisation working in employment was a rarity. It is slave-drivers that used to be far more typical: slaves either did not receive a salary whatsoever, or they were only given a tiny part of the produced goods. Other frequent models were based on private or cooperative work, or communal work and ownership (universities and monaster! ies in the middle ages.)During the period of commercial transi! tion (1520-1650) and later, in the years of industrialisation (1700s and 1800s) workers did their job without receiving a salary in the modern sense, however, they were given some sort of compensation: hourly rate, daily rate, or payment by the number of products manufactured. The companies of the period, such as the East India Company, acknowledged the work of their managers by granting ownership-shareholder status for them. The idea of paying a salary first occurred at that time.Between 1870 and 1930 the second industrial revolution made way for establishing a soaring number of modern companies thanks to the widely accessible electricity, telegraph and telephone facilities. This was the period when the group of managers and clerks already with a salary came into existence. They served the freshly founded large-scale enterprises. The new managers received a salary; partly because office work was difficult to pay for by the hour or number of products manufactured, partly be! cause shareholders were not actually granted ownership or shares.While Japan was industrialising with record speed in the 1900s, the idea of office work became far-reaching enough to make way for a new Japanese word (salary man in English), which combined office clerks and their salary in one word.The growth of the service sector in the 20th century brought with itself a wider acceptance of salary payment. Particularly in the developing countries, where the number of employees working in industrial production started to decrease, while managers, office clerks, employees working on the computer or in marketing and other creative jobs proliferated. They were generally paid a salary.The idea of a salary developed further into a system of payment packages. A fixed salary today is part of a system that includes variable payment elements (such as bonus, incentives and premium) as well as benefits, supplementary pay, and others. This enables the employer to acknowledge the employe! es based on their performance...Show more