remunerative

American  

[ri-myoo-ner-uh-tiv, -nuh-rey-tiv] / rɪˈmyu nər ə tɪv, -nəˌreɪ tɪv /

Sometimes remuneratory

adjective

1. affording remuneration; profitable.

   remunerative work.

2. that remunerates.

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Other Word Forms

• nonremunerative adjective
• nonremuneratively adverb
• remuneratively adverb
• remunerativeness noun
• unremunerative adjective
• unremuneratively adverb

Etymology

Origin of remunerative

First recorded in 1620–30; remunerate + -ive

Example Sentences

Collaborations can be remunerative, but they also take the startup’s time and attention and force them to balance the collaboration with their own drug development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 31, 2025

Jane is a novelist in Los Angeles for whom writing, while never particularly remunerative, has stopped being fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

A less remunerative but equally effective option is for them to place the dollars as deposits at 2.8%, and use that as collateral for yuan loans, with net gains of around 2%.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

Besides contributing to global food inflation, "export bans have other negative externalities, such as denting India's reputation as a dependable supplier and preventing farmers from benefiting from remunerative prices globally", say analysts at Nomura.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023

The runaways were a different sort of beast but more remunerative.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead