remunerative
[ri-myoo-ner-uh-tiv, -nuh-rey-tiv]
- affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- that remunerates.
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Sometimes re·mu·ner·a·to·ry [ri-myoo-ner-uh-tawr-ee, ‐tohr-ee] /rɪˈmyu nər əˌtɔr i, ‐ˌtoʊr i/.
Origin of remunerative
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Contemporary Examples
Mining and Mineral Engineering: 90% male And here are the 10 least remunerative majors—where women prevail in nine out of ten: 1.
(The causal link between crime and the lack of remunerative employment is surprisingly weak).
Historical Examples
This thing is true in all the remunerative avenues of life in the North.
He entered upon it in affluence, with a large and remunerative practice.
Hidden TreasuresHarry A. Lewis
These three commodities form the most remunerative products of the farm.
DenmarkM. Pearson Thomson
By what law is the rate of these remunerative services established?
Sophisms of the ProtectionistsFrederic Bastiat
The prices of miscellaneous articles in London are remunerative.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant,George Alfred Townsend
remunerative
- earning money or rewards; paying
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Word Origin and History for remunerative
adj.
1620s, "inclined to remunerate," from remunerate + -ive. From 1670s as "rewarding;" 1859 as "profitable." Related: Remuneratively; remunerativeness.
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