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Sallerie, Sellarie, n. Also: sallery, -arie, -ary, salarie, -erey, salrie; sellary, -aré, -erie, -orie; seillarie; solarie; salare; salair(e. Pl. also salleris, sellaris; Cellarie. [ME and e.m.E. salarye (Piers Plowman), salarie (a1400), saleri (1428), salaire (Lydgate), salary (c1440), sallary (Caxton), sellary (north., 1516), sallarie, -ery (1602), AF salarie = OF salaire (1260 in Larousse), L. salārium.] (A) salary.(a) 1616 Aberd. Council Lett. I 141.
600 lib. Scots mony of yeirly salrie for teaching of theologie in the colledge of this burgh and service in the ministrie 1661 S. Leith Rec. 116/2.
The Session … refussed absolutlie to give him any standing sallarie 1664 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. XIV 45.
Sallarie 1680 Inverness Rec. II 284.
Sallarie 1682 Kingarth Par. Rec. 133.
Sallery 1687 Misc. Bann. C. III 252.
Salerey 1687 S. Ronaldshay 115. 1696 Glasg. Univ. Mun. II 549.
Salarie 1715 Stirling B. Rec. II 141.
Sallary(b) 1660 Nicoll Diary 283.
They essayit be all meanis to retene the governament in thair awin handis be ressoun of thair sellareis quhich wes sweit unto thame 1662–3 Edgar Hist. Dumfries 260.
The magistrats sellorie 1669 Inverness Rec. II 238.
James Stewart is elected as thesaurer foir this ȝeir, quha is to haue fourtie punds for his sellarie 1673 Bonckle Kirk S. 43.
Their being no sellerie for the mentinance of a scolmaster 1673 Misc. Bann. C. III 236.
For building of the library house, and setleing a yearlie sellarie upon a bibliothecarius 1677 Edinb. City Archives McLeod's Bundle 39.
The said Henry Lookers sellarie or yearly fie is heirby restricted 1679 Edinb. B. Rec. X 370.
Sellary 1682 Edinb. City Archives McLeod's Bundle 39.
Charles Earle of Lauderdale did receave tuyce payment of thrie years sellarie as generall of our mint being £4900 viz. once out of the excyse of Edr. by ane precept frae us 1683 Clatt Kirk S. in Sc. N. & Q. VII 172.
For the last halfe year's sellary 1685 Edinb. Univ. Chart. 136.
The professors are to have no sellarie from the toun or colledge 1700 Minnigaff Par. Rec. 29.
[He] is allowed three pund Scots for making of poor peopls graves … besid his ordinary sellary(c) 1693 Banff Ann. I 97.
Given him of seillarie from the 17th of August to the 30th of Sept., £3 12 s.(d) 1456 Hay I 144/11.
Suppos the ȝere be nocht all past, or bot begonnyn, his [sic] sall have his full feis and salare(e) 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 12.
The principalis portion and salair as in the College of Humanite Ib. 16. 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 114.
Mr. Alexander in salaire hath only 600 livres(f) 1683 New Mills Manuf. 55.
For proportion of selleries £1 5 s. 4 d.; For proportion of salleris £1 1689 M. P. Beale Fife Schools 176.
[The Town Treasurer to] remove the suspension of that payment of Mr. Johne Chalmers and Mr. Johne Williamsone sellaris

b. A fee for a particular piece of work. 1562 Inverness Rec. I 81.
Quhilk prothogoll the said Andro McFaill hes producit in jugement and apprewis the saising giffin [etc.] … and the said Andro decernit to gif and delywer his instrument thairvpon, takand his just solarie 1681 Stair Inst. i xii 5.
Honoraries or salaries for performing of things having no proper price or estimation