REMUNERATE

compensate, recompense, remunerate

(verb) make payment to; compensate; “My efforts were not remunerated”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

remunerate (third-person singular simple present remunerates, present participle remunerating, simple past and past participle remunerated)

(transitive) To compensate; to pay.

Anagrams

• renumerate

Source: Wiktionary


Re*mu"ner*ate (-t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remunerated (-"td); p. pr. & vb. n. Remunerating.] Etym: [L. remuneratus, p. p. of remunerare, remunerari; pref. re- re- + munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift, present. Cf. Munificent.]

Definition: To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

Syn.

– To reward; recompense; compensate; satisfy; requite; repay; pay; reimburse.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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