remunerate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From the participle stem of Latin remūnerō (“to reward”), from mūnus (“gift”). Unrelated to money.

To think of remunerating money for the service which it gives!” (Ibid., p. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
The officials are all indifferently remunerated, and thus do business for themselves at the cost of the Government. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
I have ample means at my disposal, and will remunerate you for whatever trouble I may put you to." — Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers, Unknown

compensate, recompense

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