remunerate

  • 31remunerate — v.tr. 1 reward; pay for services rendered. 2 serve as or provide recompense for (toil etc.) or to (a person). Derivatives: remuneration n. remunerative adj. remuneratory adj. Etymology: L remunerari (as RE , munus muneris gift) …

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  • 32Remunerated — Remunerate Re*mu ner*ate ( ?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remunerated} ( ? t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remunerating}.] [L. remuneratus, p. p. of remunerare, remunerari; pref. re re + munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift,… …

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  • 33Remunerating — Remunerate Re*mu ner*ate ( ?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remunerated} ( ? t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remunerating}.] [L. remuneratus, p. p. of remunerare, remunerari; pref. re re + munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift,… …

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  • 34remunerative — remunerate ► VERB ▪ pay (someone) for services rendered or work done. DERIVATIVES remunerative adjective. ORIGIN Latin remunerari reward, recompense …

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  • 35pay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. compensate; discharge, pay off; render, offer; be profitable, yield [a profit], show a profit, be worthwhile. n. wages, salary; payment, compensation. See payment, success, offer. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …

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  • 36recompense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reward, compensation, payment, requital. v. t. requite, reward, repay, remunerate, indemnify, atone. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. return, repayment, reward; see payment 1 . v. Syn. compensate, remunerate,… …

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  • 37compensate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To pay] Syn. recompense, remunerate, requite; see pay 1 , repay 1 . 2. [To offset] Syn. counterbalance, neutralize, counterpoise, make up for; see offset . See Synonym Study at pay . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1.… …

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  • 38reward — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, prize, guerdon; indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation, reparation, redress (see restoration); perquisite; spoils; salary, pay, payment; tribute,… …

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  • 39pay# — pay vb Pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense are comparable when they mean to give money or an equivalent in return for something. Pay is the ordinary term when the giving or furnishing of money to… …

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  • 40pay — I. verb (paid; also in sense 7 payed; paying) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French paier, from Latin pacare to pacify, from pac , pax peace Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to make due return to for services rendered or property… …

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