Basic Details
Word: Remunerate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: To pay someone for work they have done or a service they have given.
Synonyms: pay, reward, compensate
Word origin: From Latin remunerari, to reward, from munus, a gift or duty.
How to Spell Remunerate
Syllables: re - mu - ner - ate
Tricky part: The m comes before the n: re-MU-ner-ate. Many people swap them and write renumerate, as if the word were about numbers.
Watch out for: renumerate, remunarate, remmunerate
Memory tip: Remunerate is about money, so the m comes first: re-MU-ner-ate.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The club will remunerate the coaches at the end of each month.
Example 2: Authors are remunerated for every copy of their book that is sold.
Example 3: The volunteers did not expect to be remunerated for cleaning the beach.
Fun Fact
The Latin munus, a gift or duty, also gave English munificent, meaning very generous, and municipal, to do with a town and its public duties.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. remunerate 2. exagerate 3. accumalate 4. delibrate
a) to pay someone for work
b) to collect a lot of something over time
c) done on purpose
d) to make something seem bigger than it is
Show answer
a) to pay someone for work. Exaggerate needs two g's, deliberate an e after the b, and accumulate a u; remunerate is spelt right.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word remunerate as used in the sentence:
The organisers promised to remunerate the stall helpers who worked through the night at the book fair.
a) pay
b) dismiss
c) train
d) punish
Show answer
a) pay. To remunerate is to pay for work done, here the night's work at the fair.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to complete the word:
rem_n_rate
a) u, a
b) e, e
c) o, e
d) u, e
Show answer
d) u, e. Sound it out, re-mu-ner-ate: u after the m, e after the n.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The remuneration for a job is the ____ it brings.
a) travel
b) stress
c) money
d) uniform
Show answer
c) money
2. A firm that remunerates its staff well ____.
a) trains them often
b) watches them closely
c) pays them well
d) moves them often
Show answer
c) pays them well
