| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| remunerate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·mu·ner·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -my  n -r t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: re·mu·ner·at·ed, re·mu·ner·at·ing, re·mu·ner·ates
1. To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense. 2. To compensate for; make payment for: remunerated his efforts. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin rem nerr , remnert- : re-, re- + mnerr, to give (from mnus, mner-, gift; see mei-1 in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | re·muner·a·bili·ty (-nr--bl-t ) —NOUN
re·muner·a·ble —ADJECTIVE
re·muner·ator —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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