remuneration

[ri-myoo-nuh-rey-shuh n]

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noun

something that remunerates; reward; pay: He received little remuneration for his services.

Origin of remuneration

1470–80; earlier remuneracion < Latin remūnerātiōn- (stem of remūnerātiō), equivalent to remūnerāt(us) (see remunerate) + -iōn- -ion

Related formsnon·re·mu·ner·a·tion, nounpre·re·mu·ner·a·tion, nounsu·per·re·mu·ner·a·tion, noun

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Related Words for remuneration

compensation, commission, pay, reimbursement, reward, wage

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Historical Examples of remuneration

With regard to remuneration for my trouble, I might make my own terms in reason.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893
Various
The clergy among these plain sects receive no remuneration for their preaching.
Patchwork
Anna Balmer Myers
There is hard work, and plenty of it, and the remuneration is not of the best.
The Rover Boys in the Air
Edward Stratemeyer
No; because, I repeat it, the principle of a remuneration is in the loan.
Sophisms of the Protectionists
Frederic Bastiat
Nearly any one can get a story into print if they want no remuneration.
In the Mist of the Mountains
Ethel Turner

British Dictionary definitions for remuneration

remuneration

noun

the act of remunerating

pay; recompense

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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).