remunerate

C2 Topic:Money & Finance
US /rɪˈmjunəˌreɪt/ UK /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪt/
verb Freq #211366

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to pay or otherwise reward someone for work, services, or a loss

    The contract will remunerate consultants for each day worked.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to pay or otherwise reward... paycompensaterecompense
More reward
Opposites
underpaywithhold
Word family
Forms remunerativeunremunerative
Derived forms remunerationremunerativeremunerator
Related forms wagesalaryreward

Etymology

From Latin remunerari, 'to reward,' formed from re- and munus, 'gift, service, or duty.' Despite its modern association with payment, it is not etymologically derived from money.

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