Meaning

1 senses

  1. To compensate; to pay.

    The workers were generously remunerated for their time.

    make payment to; compensate

Examples

2 sentences

  1. There are labours which no salary can remunerate, services which no fees can requite.

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  2. The Star desires to remunerate its correspondents according to the worth of a story and not for so many words.

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Origin

From the participle stem of Latin remūnerō (“to reward”), from mūnus (“gift”). Unrelated t

From the participle stem of Latin remūnerō (“to reward”), from mūnus (“gift”). Unrelated to money.

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Forms

remunerates, remunerating, remunerated, remunerated
Base formremunerate · to remunerate
3rd person singularremunerates
Present participleremunerating
Past simpleremunerated
Past participleremunerated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyremunerate
he, she, itremunerates

Past simpleLesson

all personsremunerated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave remunerated
he, she, ithas remunerated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill remunerate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words
RelatedmunificenceC2munificentremunerabilityremunerableremuneratorremunerativeremuneration
Derivedmisremuneratenonremuneratedremuneratinglyremuneratoryunremuneratedunremunerating

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
removalremoveB1removerremunerationrenrenaissancerenal

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