remunerated

«remunerated» in Mova's school dictionary: paid for work — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (remunerated); past form of the verb remunerate (remunerate, remunerates, remunerated, remunerating)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Remunerated means paid for work. tree →

2) (formal) To remunerate someone is to pay them for work or a service. tree →

sense in the lessons

A stiff, official word from job adverts, contracts and exams; «well remunerated» = well paid. In everyday talk people say «paid». Phrases: «well remunerated», «remunerated work».

examples

• The job is well remunerated. tree →
• Helpers will be remunerated for their time. tree →
• Volunteers are not remunerated; they work for free. tree →
• Each worker was remunerated at £10 an hour. tree →
• If a worker is remunerated $15 an hour for 8 hours, she earns $120. tree →

note

Formal word; plain word «paid». Noun: remuneration (pay). A common trap is to say «renumerated» — the correct order is re-MU-ner-ated (think «money»: m before n). In maths, remuneration = rate × time.

Trees and pragmatics

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