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remunerate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɪˈmjuːnəɹeɪt/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To compensate; to pay.
    • The workers were generously remunerated for their time.
    • For all their toughness, Roman soldiers were poorly remunerated. As Goldsworthy puts it, “you get paid, but your pay is comparable to that of an agricultural labourer.” 2025 July 15, James Osborne, “Could you have survived as a Roman soldier? Here's the surprising truth about life in the ancient army”, in History Extra, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025:

Forms

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remunerated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remunerated Tense=Past lexicographic
remunerating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remunerates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

remuneratory · unremunerating · unremunerated · nonremunerated · remuneratingly · remunerative · misremunerate

Relateds

munificence · munificent · remunerably · remunerator · remunerable · remunerability