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remunerate

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re⋅mu⋅ner⋅ate

  [ri-myoo-nuh-reyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to pay, recompense, or reward for work, trouble, etc.
2. to yield a recompense for (work, services, etc.).
Origin:
1515–25; < L remūnerātus (ptp. of remūnerāri to repay, reward), equiv. to re- re- + mūner(āre) to give, be-stow (deriv. of mūner-, s. of mūnus gift, duty) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
re⋅mu⋅ner⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅mu⋅ner⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
re⋅mu⋅ner⋅a⋅bly, adverb
re⋅mu⋅ner⋅a⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. reimburse, requite, compensate.
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re·mu·ner·ate   (rĭ-myōō'nə-rāt')   
tr.v.   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.


[Latin remūnerārī, remūnerāt- : re-, re- + mūnerārī, to give (from mūnus, mūner-, gift; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots).]
re·mu'ner·a·bil'i·ty (-nər-ə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) n., re·mu'ner·a·ble adj., re·mu'ner·a'tor n.
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