remunerate
[ri-myoo-nuh-reyt]
- to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
- to yield a recompense for (work, services, etc.).
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Origin of remunerate
Synonyms for remunerate
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Related Words for remunerated
vouchsafe, accord, indemnify, grant, reimburse, award, repay, redress, recompense, pay, requite, post, guerdonExamples from the Web for remunerated
Historical Examples of remunerated
Six collectors were to receive the above payments, to be remunerated at the rate of 1s.
The Forest of DeanH. G. Nicholls
They were remunerated partly by fees and partly by salaries.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.Thomas Babington Macaulay
This is a public service, and it shall be remunerated as it ought to be.
France and the RepublicWilliam Henry Hurlbert
And there are only two ways in which they can be remunerated.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4)Thomas Babington Macaulay
If that stigma is affixed to us, let us at least be remunerated for it.
Evan Harrington, CompleteGeorge Meredith
remunerate
- (tr) to reward or pay for work, service, etc
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Word Origin for remunerate
C16: from Latin remūnerārī to reward, from re- + mūnerāre to give, from mūnus a gift; see munificent
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Word Origin and History for remunerated
remunerate
1520s, "pay for work or services," back-formation from remuneration or else from Latin remuneratus, past participle of remunerari (later remunerare) "repay, reward" (see remuneration). Related: Remunerated; remunerating.
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