salary

Japanese: salary
salary

…For these reasons, salt has long served as a kind of currency, a medium of exchange for the necessities of life, and sometimes solidified salt was used as currency. In Roman times, salt was provided to officials and soldiers, and in imperial times, money was provided instead of salt, but today the English word "salary" comes from the Latin word salarium, which means the provision of salt. Marco Polo reported that salt was also used as currency in Tibet around the 13th century. …

*Some terminology explanations that mention "salary" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このような事情のために古くから,塩は生活の必需品のために交換の媒介をする一種の貨幣の役目を果たすようになり,ときには塩を固めたものが貨幣として使用されていた。ローマ時代には役人や軍人に塩が支給され,帝政時代にはこの塩の代りに貨幣が支給されるようになったが,こんにち俸給を意味する英語のサラリーsalaryは塩の支給を意味するラテン語のサラリウムsalariumに由来している。チベットでも13世紀ころに塩が貨幣として使用されていたことがマルコ・ポーロによって報告されている。…

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