remunerate en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin remūnerō (“to reward”), from mūnus (“gift”). Unrelated to money.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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