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REMUNERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
Example:
adequate remuneration for his work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("remuneration" is a kind of...):
defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)
Derivation:
remunerate (make payment to; compensate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something that remunerates
Example:
they saved a quarter of all their earnings
Synonyms:
earnings; pay; remuneration; salary; wage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("remuneration" is a kind of...):
regular payment (a payment made at regular times)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remuneration"):
combat pay (extra pay for soldiers engaged in active combat)
double time (a doubled wage (for working overtime))
found (food and lodging provided in addition to money)
half-pay (reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time)
living wage (a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably)
merit pay (extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers))
minimum wage (the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law)
pay envelope; pay packet (wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner)
sick pay (wages paid to an employee who is on sick leave)
strike pay (money paid to strikers from union funds)
take-home pay (what is left of your pay after deductions for taxes and dues and insurance etc)
Holonyms ("remuneration" is a part of...):
payroll; paysheet (a list of employees and their salaries)
Derivation:
remunerate (make payment to; compensate)
