honorarium
noun
a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set.
honoraria
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pluralof honorarium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The payments averaged about $4,100 a year, mostly as honoraria for talks and reimbursements for travel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
Frank reports proton-related grant funding by Hitachi and honoraria fees from Ion Beam Applications S.A.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2024
Bik’s work brings donations from Patreon subscribers of about $2,300 per month and occasional honoraria from speaking engagements.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
Often, they were retired professionals who supplemented a department's offerings by teaching a single course in their area of expertise, while their salaries were more honoraria than true payments for work performed.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2021
Maycomb’s regular pastors ate free for a week also, and it was hinted in disrespectful quarters that the local clergy deliberately led their churches into holding separate services, thereby gaining two more weeks’ honoraria.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
