remunerate

«remunerate» in Mova's school dictionary: To pay someone for work or a service — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (remunerate, remunerates, remunerated, remunerating)

meaning for a pupil

(formal) To pay someone for work or a service. tree →

sense in the lessons

Exam and business voice: «Staff will be remunerated for overtime.» Adults use it in contracts and job adverts; children say «pay». Phrases: «well remunerated», «remunerate for».

examples

• The workers were well remunerated for their extra hours. tree →
• Volunteers are not remunerated; they help for free. tree →
• The company will remunerate you for travel costs. tree →
• Helpers at the fair were remunerated with free ice cream. tree →
• How will the babysitter be remunerated? tree →

note

Formal word for «pay». Noun «remuneration» (pay, salary). Spelling trap: «remunerate», not «renumerate» (letters often swapped). In maths: if remunerated at £10 an hour for 3 hours, pay = £30.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «remunerate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.