remunerate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make payment to; compensate
    compensate; recompense.
    • My efforts were not remunerated

WordNet

Re*mu"ner*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. remuneratus, p. p. of remunerare, remunerari; pref. re- re- + munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift, present. Cf. Munificent.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Remunerated present participle & verbal noun Remunerating
Definitions
  1. To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor. Syn. -- To reward; recompense; compensate; satisfy; requite; repay; pay; reimburse.

Webster 1913