remunerate

[ ri-myoo-nuh-reyt ]

verb (used with object)

, re·mu·ner·at·ed, re·mu·ner·at·ing.

1. to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.

   Synonyms: compensate, requite, reimburse

2. to yield a recompense for (work, services, etc.).

remunerate

/ rɪˈmjuːnəˌreɪt /

verb

1. tr to reward or pay for work, service, etc

Derived Forms

• reˈmunerable, adjective
• reˌmuneraˈbility, noun
• reˈmunerˌator, noun

Other Words From

• re·muner·a·ble adjective
• re·muner·a·bili·ty noun
• re·muner·a·bly adverb
• re·muner·ator noun
• prere·muner·ate verb (used with object) preremunerated preremunerating
• unre·muner·ated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of remunerate¹

First recorded in 1515–25; from Latin remūnerātus “repaid,” past participle of remūnerāri “to repay, reward,” from re- re- + mūnerāre “to give, bestow” (verb derivative of mūner-, stem of mūnus “gift, duty”)

Word History and Origins

Origin of remunerate¹

C16: from Latin remūnerārī to reward, from re- + mūnerāre to give, from mūnus a gift; see munificent

Example Sentences

From a sense of justice, I hastened to remunerate those who had been deprived of their coign of vantage, but, alas!

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Each gentleman may remunerate his gatherer, but the said remuneration shall in each case remain the same.

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In some way the time they seem to lose is redeemed and the pains they seem to take remunerate themselves.

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Men think very differently about what will remunerate any given labour.

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And you should know this, you who dare to remunerate me in what is not 106 half as clean as those missiles.

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