HONORARIUM

honorarium

(noun) a fee paid for a nominally free service

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

honorarium (plural honorariums or honoraria)

Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.

Source: Wiktionary


Hon`o*ra"ri*um, Hon"or*a*ry, n. Etym: [L. honorarium (sc. donum), fr. honorarius. See Honorary, a.]

1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.

2. (Law)

Definition: An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. Heumann.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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