honorarium

[ on-uh-rair-ee-uh m ]

/ ˌɒn əˈrɛər i əm /

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noun, plural hon·o·rar·i·ums, hon·o·rar·i·a [on-uh-rair-ee-uh] /ˌɒn əˈrɛər i ə/.

a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.

a fee for services rendered by a professional person.

Words nearby honorarium

honorable, honorable discharge, honorable mention, honorable ordinary, honorand, honorarium, honorary, honorary canon, honored, honoree, honorific

Origin of honorarium

1650–60; < Latin honōrārium fee paid on taking office, noun use of neuter of honōrārius honorary

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Examples from the Web for honorarium

Fareed Zakaria deserves our respect for returning the honorarium and First Amendment award given by the League.
Why the Mosque Scares the Right|M.J. Akbar|August 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
By way of honorarium he offered me a free seat at the theatre, and ten florins a month.
Eyes Like the Sea|Mr Jkai
My niece, Miss Blanche Corke, was given an honorarium of £2 for her services during the period of the past five months.
From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography|George Edwards M.P., O.B.E.
My honorarium—this, of course, is in confidence—my honorarium for this is eight hundred dollars a week.
Local Color|Irvin S. Cobb

Yet every benefit must be paid for, and whether you use the word fee or honorarium, matters little.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8|Elbert Hubbard
The honorarium of five hundred pounds which I got, and of which I spent nearly the half in London, did not make me rich at all.
rminius Vambry, his life and adventures|rminius Vambry

British Dictionary definitions for honorarium

honorarium

/ (ˌɒnəˈrɛərɪəm) /

noun plural -iums or -ia (-ɪə)

a fee paid for a nominally free service

Word Origin for honorarium

C17: from Latin: something presented on being admitted to a post of honour

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honorarium

noun, plural hon·o·rar·i·ums, hon·o·rar·i·a [on-uh-rair-ee-uh] /ˌɒn əˈrɛər i ə/.

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Words nearby honorarium

Origin of honorarium

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British Dictionary definitions for honorarium

noun plural -iums or -ia (-ɪə)

Word Origin for honorarium