Remunerate

Definition: Remunerate

Remunerate

Verb

1. Make proper payment to.

Date "remunerate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Synonyms: Remunerate

Synonyms: compensate (v), recompense (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Reward	Verb: reward, recompense, repay, requite; remunerate, munerate; compensate; fee; pay one's footing; (pay); make amends, indemnify, atone; satisfy, acknowledge.
Utility	Bear fruit; (produce); bring grist to the mill; profit, remunerate; benefit; (do good).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Remunerate

English words defined with "remunerate": Munnerate ♦ Remunerating. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Niger	Although lawyers complied with government requests to provide counsel, the Government generally did not remunerate them. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Remunerate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Remunerate" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	87.5%	7	133,076
Adjective (general or positive)	12.5%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

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Language		Translations for "remunerate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shpërblej (award, be quits, crown, disburse, guerdon, recompense, recoup, refund, repair, repay, requite, reward, solve, supply), paguaj (buy, defray, disburse, fee, foot, fork out, give, meet, pay, pay out, pay up, plank, reckon, recompense, redeem, render, repay, reward, settle). (various references)

Arabic		‏كافأ (be similar to, compensate, gratify, make amends, match, measure up to, recompense, repay, requite, reward), ‏عوض (atone, indemnity, make, make amends, make up, make up for, offset, recompense, recoup, recuperate, redeem, reimburse, requital, restore, retrieve, satisfy, setoff, substitute), ‏جازى (recompense, repay, requite), ‏أثاب. (various references)

Bulgarian		възнаграждавам (compensate, guerdon, pay, recompense, repay, requite, reward), отплащам се (pay, reciprocate, requite), заплащам (pay, pay out), плащам (come across, compensate, cough up, defray, give, kick in, meet, part, pay, plank down, set up, settle up, shell out, stand sam). (various references)

Chinese		酬赏 (remunerated, Remunerating). (various references)

Czech		zaplatit (defray, discharge, effect payment, give, meet, pay, to pay), odmìòovat, honorovat. (various references)

Farsi		یاداش دادن به , تاوان دادن (Compensate, Indemnify, Penalize, Retaliate), ترقی کردن (Climb, Grow, Up, Upwell). (various references)

French		rémunérer. (various references)

German		vergüten (coat, compensate, pay, recompense, refund, reimburse, temper), honorieren (honor, honour, meet, reward), entschädigen (compensate, indemnify, make amends to, recompense, recoup, reimburse, reward, to compensate, to indemnify, to pay compensation, to recoup, to reimburse), bezahlen (disburse, foot, fund, meet, pay, pay for, pay off, payment, settle, settle up, to pay), belohen. (various references)

Greek		αποζημιώνω (buy out, compensate, indemnify, recompense, recoup, reimburse, to indemnify, to pay compensation). (various references)

Hebrew		לשלם שכר. (various references)

Hungarian		honorál (to remunerate), díjaz (award, to money out, to remunerate). (various references)

Italian		rimunerare, retribuire (pay, wage). (various references)

Pig Latin		emunerateray

Portuguese		retribuir (call back, give back, reciprocate, render, repay, requite, return, reward, shuttle), remunerar (compensate, pay, requite, reward), recompensar (award, compensate, fee, gratify, guerilla, pay, recompense, requite, reward), pagar (acquit, defray, give, pay, pay tax, payable, repay, requite, retort, return, reward, rip up, satisfy, settle, shell out, spend, to pay, unrip). (various references)

Romanian		retribui, remunera (pay), redistribui (recast, redistribute), recompensa (compensate, gratify, pay, recompense, repay), salaria (pay). (various references)

Russian		вознаграждать (bestow, bestow upon, compensate, gratify, pay, recompense, repay, reward). (various references)

Scottish		p� igh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		platiti (defray, foot, pay, pay up), obeštetiti (compensate, indemnify, recompense, redress), nagraditi (award, guerdon, requite, reward). (various references)

Spanish		remunerar (recompense). (various references)

Swedish		löna (requite, reward), honorera (honor, honour). (various references)

Turkish		hakkını vermek (do justice to, qualify, recompense), emeğinin karşılığını vermek, ödüllendirmek (award a prize, crown, recompense, requite, reward). (various references)

Ukranian		винагороджувати (compensate, crown, gratify, recompense, requite), оплачувати (defray, foot, pay, pay for). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	remunerationem, remunerator. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "remunerate": remunerated, remunerates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Remunerate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emunerate, Remuera, reunerate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "remunerate" (pronounced 'Re*mu"ner*ate'): Abacinate, Abalienate, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abirritate, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Abligate, Abnegate, Abnodate, Abominate, Abranchiate, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absquatulate, Acaudate, Accelerate, Accentuate, Acclimate, Accorporate, Accriminate, Accurate, Acerbate, Acetate, Achlamydate, Acidulate, Activate, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adipocerate, Adjugate, Admarginate, Administrate, Adnate, Adrogate, Adulate, Adumbrate, Aerate, AEstivate, Affatuate, Affectionate, Affricate, Aggerate, Aggrate, Aggravate, Agitate. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-m-n-r-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: enumerate.
	-2 letters: numerate, renature, returnee.
	-3 letters: enterer, erratum, manurer, maturer, reenter, terrane, terreen, terrene.
	-4 letters: antrum, armure, earner, emeute, entera, entree, errant, eterne, manure, marten, mature, meaner, meeter, nature, nearer, neater, neuter, ranter, reamer, reearn, remate, remeet, rename, renter, reteam, retear, retene, retune, return, tearer, teemer, teener, tenure, termer, terrae, tureen, turner, unmeet, untame.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-m-n-r-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: remunerated, remunerates.
	+2 letters: remunerative.
	+3 letters: prematureness, remeasurement.
	+4 letters: countermeasure, remeasurements, remuneratively.
	+5 letters: countermeasures, enterobacterium, prematurenesses, temerariousness.
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