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Definition of honorarium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

honorarium

noun
 
/ˌɒnəˈreəriəm/
 
/ˌɑːnəˈreriəm/
(plural honoraria
 
/ˌɒnəˈreəriə/
 
/ˌɑːnəˈreriə/
)
(formal)
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  1. a payment made for somebody’s professional services Use an, not a, before honorarium.
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, denoting a gift made when a person is admitted to public office, from honorarius, from honor ‘honour’.
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