remunerate
verb/rɪˈmjuːnəreɪt/
/rɪˈmjuːnəreɪt/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they remunerate | /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪt/ /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it remunerates | /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪts/ /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪts/ |
| past simple remunerated | /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪtɪd/ /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle remunerated | /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪtɪd/ /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form remunerating | /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈmjuːnəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- remunerate somebody (for something) to pay somebody for work that they have doneWord Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin remunerat- ‘rewarded, recompensed’, from the verb remunerari, from re- (expressing intensive force) + munus, muner- ‘gift’.
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