"remunerate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈmjuːnəɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-remunerate.wav [Southern-England], En-us-remunerate.oga [US] Forms: remunerates [present, singular, third-person], remunerating [participle, present], remunerated [participle, past], remunerated [past]
Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin remūnerō (“to reward”), from mūnus (“gift”). Unrelated to money. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|remūnerō|t=to reward}} Latin remūnerō (“to reward”), {{m|la|mūnus|t=gift}} mūnus (“gift”), {{m|en|money}} money Head templates: {{en-verb}} remunerate (third-person singular simple present remunerates, present participle remunerating, simple past and past participle remunerated)
  1. (transitive) To compensate; to pay. Tags: transitive Related terms: municipal, municipality, munificence, munificent, remunerability, remunerable, remunerably, remunerator
    Sense id: en-remunerate-en-verb-uvUOx4S6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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