remuneration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something that remunerates
    wage; pay; earnings; salary.
    • wages were paid by check
    • he wasted his pay on drink
    • they saved a quarter of all their earnings
  2. noun the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
    • adequate remuneration for his work

WordNet

Re*mu`ner*a"tion noun
Etymology
L. remuneratio: cf. F. rémunération.
Definitions
  1. The act of remunerating.
  2. That which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or sufferings. Shak. Syn. -- Reward; recompense; compensation; pay; payment; repayment; satisfaction; requital.

Webster 1913