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REMUNERATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make payment to; compensate

Example:

My efforts were not remunerated

Synonyms:

compensate; recompense; remunerate

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "remunerate" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "remunerate"):

recoup; reimburse (reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

remuneration (the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses)

remuneration (something that remunerates)

remunerative (for which money is paid)

remunerative (producing a sizeable profit)

remunerator (a person who pays money for something)

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