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honorarium
[ on-uh-rair-ee-uhm ]
noun
- a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set:
The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
- a fee for services rendered by a professional person.
honorarium
/ ˌɒnəˈrɛərɪəm /
noun
- a fee paid for a nominally free service
Word History and Origins
Origin of honorarium1
Word History and Origins
Origin of honorarium1
Example Sentences
Fareed Zakaria deserves our respect for returning the honorarium and First Amendment award given by the League.
No man parts wis zat which is valuable, to strangers, wisout a proper honorarium.
You bet old Rae fell on his neck with tears of joy, and sent him off with a handsome honorarium, as your gentle speech has it.
He drew fees as a director, a special honorarium in recognition of the value of his title, and his share of the profits.
The honorarium of five hundred pounds which I got, and of which I spent nearly the half in London, did not make me rich at all.
Besides his honorarium he was offered free lodgings in the theatre buildings.
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