remuneration
- the act of remunerating.
- something that remunerates; reward; pay: He received little remuneration for his services.
Origin of remuneration
Examples from the Web for remuneration
Historical Examples of remuneration
With regard to remuneration for my trouble, I might make my own terms in reason.
The clergy among these plain sects receive no remuneration for their preaching.
PatchworkAnna Balmer Myers
There is hard work, and plenty of it, and the remuneration is not of the best.
The Rover Boys in the AirEdward Stratemeyer
No; because, I repeat it, the principle of a remuneration is in the loan.
Sophisms of the ProtectionistsFrederic Bastiat
Nearly any one can get a story into print if they want no remuneration.
In the Mist of the MountainsEthel Turner
remuneration
- the act of remunerating
- pay; recompense
Word Origin and History for remuneration
c.1400, from Middle French remuneration and directly from Latin remunerationem (nominative remuneratio) "a repaying, recompense," noun of action from past participle stem of remunerari "to pay, reward," from re- "back" (see re-) + munerari "to give," from munus (genitive muneris) "gift, office, duty" (see municipal).