remunerate
to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
to yield a recompense for (work, services, etc.).
Origin of remunerate
1Other words for remunerate
Other words from remunerate
- re·mu·ner·a·ble, adjective
- re·mu·ner·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- re·mu·ner·a·bly, adverb
- re·mu·ner·a·tor, noun
- pre·re·mu·ner·ate, verb (used with object), pre·re·mu·ner·at·ed, pre·re·mu·ner·at·ing.
- un·re·mu·ner·at·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with remunerate
- remunerate , renumerate
Words Nearby remunerate
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How to use remunerate in a sentence
From a sense of justice, I hastened to remunerate those who had been deprived of their coign of vantage, but, alas!
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsEach gentleman may remunerate his gatherer, but the said remuneration shall in each case remain the same.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughIn some way the time they seem to lose is redeemed and the pains they seem to take remunerate themselves.
Essays, First Series | Ralph Waldo EmersonMen think very differently about what will remunerate any given labour.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1 | Thomas de QuinceyAnd you should know this, you who dare to remunerate me in what is not 106 half as clean as those missiles.
The Book of Khalid | Ameen Rihani
British Dictionary definitions for remunerate
/ (rɪˈmjuːnəˌreɪt) /
(tr) to reward or pay for work, service, etc
Origin of remunerate
1Derived forms of remunerate
- remunerability, noun
- remunerable, adjective
- remunerator, noun
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