Definition of remunerate

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re·mu·ner·ate    (r-myn-rt) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Latin remnerr, remnert- : re-, re- + mnerr, to give (from mnus, mner-, gift; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
re·muner·a·bili·ty  (-nr--bl-t) KEY (Noun), re·muner·a·ble(Adjective), re·muner·ator(Noun)