What does "remuneration" mean?
Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.
Remuneration
/ɹɪˌmju.nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.
- Grammar: remuneration is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: pay, salary, allowance, amends.
- Useful contrasts: no compensation, nonpayment, nonremuneration.
- Usage evidence: The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered. countable, uncountable
"“Mr. Quatermain,” said the former, “I am well off, and I am bent upon this business. You may put the remuneration for your services at whatever figure you like in reason, and it shall be paid over to you before we start. Moreover, I will arrange in the event of anything untoward happening to us or to you, that your son shall be suitably provided for. You will see from this offer how necessary I think your presence. Also if by chance we should reach this place, and find diamonds, they shall belong to you and Good equally. I do not want them. But of course that promise is worth nothing at all, though the same thing would apply to any ivory we might get. You may pretty well make your own terms with me, Mr. Quatermain; and of course I shall pay all expenses.”"
- 2 the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses wordnet
- 3 A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument. countable, uncountable
- 4 something that remunerates wordnet
- 5 A recompense for a loss; compensation. countable, uncountable
Antonyms
Example
"The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "remuneration"?
Common synonyms include: pay, salary, allowance, amends, atonement, base pay.
How do you use "remuneration" in a sentence?
The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.
How do you pronounce "remuneration"?
Pronounced /ɹɪˌmju.nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/.
Etymology
From Latin remūnerātiō.