In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SALARIED
salaried
(adjective) receiving a salary; “salaried members of the staff”
compensable, paying, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary
(adjective) for which money is paid; “a paying job”; “remunerative work”; “salaried employment”; “stipendiary services”
compensated, remunerated, salaried, stipendiary
(adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation; “salaried workers”; “a stipendiary magistrate”
SALARY
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
salaried (not comparable)
Paid a salary, as opposed to being an hourly worker or a volunteer. Generally indicating a professional or manager.
Paid monthly as opposed to weekly.
Verb
salaried
simple past tense and past participle of salary
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Sal"a*ried, a.
Definition: Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached; as, a salaried officer; a salaried office.
SALARY
Sal"a*ry, a. Etym: [L. salarius.]
Definition: Saline [Obs.]
Sal"a*ry, n.; pl. Salaries. Etym: [F. salarie, L. salarium, originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers for salt, which was a part of thir pay, fr. salarius belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. See Salt.]
Definition: 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. This is hire and salary, not revenge. Shak.
Note: Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages.
Syn.
– Stipend; pay; wages; hire; allowance.
Sal"a*ry v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salaried; p. pr. & vb. n. Salarying.]
Definition: To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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