remunerate
verb
transitive verb
Synonyms
- compensate
- pay
- recompense
Example Sentences
Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 25 Oct. 2021 The production company hadn’t been willing to cover his costs and remunerate him for his time. Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021 Although participants in the Telefonica trial will take a 15% pay cut, businesses in other countries are opting to remunerate staff in full despite working fewer hours. The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2021 Conservative Black commentator Vince Ellison says the Black community would be foolish to expect progressive Democrats to remunerate them for slavery. Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2020 The French antitrust agency gave the Alphabet Inc. unit three months to thrash out deals with press publishers and agencies demanding talks on how to remunerate them for displaying their content. Gaspard Sebag, Bloomberg.com, 7 May 2020 The French antitrust agency gave the Alphabet Inc. unit three months to thrash out deals with press publishers and agencies demanding talks on how to remunerate them for displaying their content. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2020 Committing to a substantial cash prize for a successful coronavirus vaccine will boost confidence among firms that their research efforts will be remunerated. Daniel Hemel, Time, 4 Mar. 2020 Despite many hours spent on layover or sitting on the tarmac, flight attendants are only remunerated when the plane doors are shut. Natasha Frost, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2020 See More Word History
Latin remuneratus, past participle of remunerare to recompense, from re- + munerare to give, from muner-, munus gift — more at mean
1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1
remunerate
verb
Synonyms & Similar Words
- compensate
- pay
- reimburse
- repay
- recompense
- refund
- remit
- prepay
- requite
- pay up
- pay off
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stiff
Synonyms & Similar Words
- compensate
- reimburse
- satisfy
- recompense
- pay
- repay
- indemnify
- recoup
- requite
- refund
- redress
- remedy
- repair
- discharge
- quit
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of remunerate are compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, reimburse, repay, and satisfy. While all these words mean "to give money or its equivalent in return for something," remunerate clearly suggests paying for services rendered and may extend to payment that is generous or not contracted for.
The synonyms compensate and remunerate are sometimes interchangeable, but compensate implies a making up for services rendered.
While in some cases nearly identical to remunerate, indemnify implies making good a loss suffered through accident, disaster, warfare.
Although the words pay and remunerate have much in common, pay implies the discharge of an obligation incurred.
The words recompense and remunerate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, recompense suggests due return in amends, friendly repayment, or reward.
The words reimburse and remunerate can be used in similar contexts, but reimburse implies a return of money that has been spent for another's benefit.
In some situations, the words repay and remunerate are roughly equivalent. However, repay stresses paying back an equivalent in kind or amount.
The meanings of satisfy and remunerate largely overlap; however, satisfy implies paying a person what is required by law.