Dictionary entry

Remunerate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐mu″ner‐ate (–?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Remunerated (–?″t?d); p. pr. & vb. n.Remunerating.] [L. remuneratus, p. p. of remunerare, remunerari; pref. re- re- + munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift, present. Cf. Munificent.] To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

Syn. — To reward; recompense; compensate; satisfy; requite; repay; pay; reimburse.