Standard Lemma guide

remuneration

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɹɪˌmjuː.nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɹɪˌmju.nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • /ɹə.mju.nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ weak vowel merger, dialects of the US and Canada
  • Australian: /ɹɪˌmjʉː.nəˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ɹɪˌnuː.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ nonstandard, by confusion with renumeration
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 M Y UW2 N ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reward

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emolument, pay, payment, repayment

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A recompense for a loss; compensation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recompense, remuneration, requital, satisfaction, amends, acquittal, assyth, bote, compensation, indemnification, indemnity, mends, quittal, recompensation, redress, relief, reparation, requite, restitution

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • adequate remuneration for his work

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: payment, defrayal, defrayment

5

noun

Meaning 5

something that remunerates

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • wages were paid by check
  • he wasted his pay on drink
  • they saved a quarter of all their earnings

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wage, pay, earnings, salary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: regular payment

Narrower terms: combat pay, double time, found, half-pay, living wage, merit pay, minimum wage, pay envelope, pay packet, sick pay, strike pay, take-home pay

History

Etymology

From Latin remūnerātiō.

Across languages

Translations

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَجْر (ʔajr) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Arabic: مُكَافَأَة (mukāfaʔa) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Arabic: تَعْوِيض (taʕwīḍ) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Armenian: վարձատրություն (varjatrutʻyun) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Armenian: վճարում (včarum) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Catalan: remuneració — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 報酬 /报酬 (bàochóu) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薪酬 (xīnchóu) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Finnish: maksu — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Finnish: vastike — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Finnish: palkkio — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Finnish: korvaus — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • French: rémunération — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • German: Vergütung — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • German: Belohnung — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • German: Bezahlung — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Hindi: पारिश्रमिक (pāriśramik) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Indonesian: bayaran — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Indonesian: remunerasi — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Indonesian: imbalan — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Japanese: 報酬 (hōshū) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: godtgjørelse — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Norwegian Bokmål: godtgjøring — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Polish: zapłata — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Portuguese: remuneração — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Romanian: remunerație — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Romanian: rambursare — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Romanian: salariu — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Romanian: retribuție — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Romanian: plată — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Russian: вознагражде́ние (voznagraždénije) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Russian: опла́та (opláta) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Spanish: remuneración — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Spanish: contraprestación — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Swedish: ersättning — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجرت (ücret) — something given in exchange for goods or services rendered
  • Arabic: أَجْر (ʔajr) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Arabic: رَاتِب (rātib) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Armenian: վարձատրություն (varjatrutʻyun) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Armenian: աշխատավարձ (ašxatavarj) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Azerbaijani: maaş — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Azerbaijani: əməkhaqqı — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Azerbaijani: məvacib — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Catalan: remuneració — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工資 /工资 (gōngzī) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薪金 (xīnjīn) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薪水 (xīnshui) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Czech: mzda — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Finnish: palkka — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Finnish: palkkio — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Finnish: korvaus — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • French: salaire — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • German: Lohn — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • German: Arbeitsvergütung — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • German: Entlohnung — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hebrew: משכורת (maskoret) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hebrew: שכר (sakhar) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hindi: तनख़्वाह (tanaxvāh) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hindi: वेतन (vetan) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hindi: मासिक वेतन (māsik vetan) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hindi: पारिश्रमिक (pāriśramik) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: fizetés — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: fizetség — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: illetmény — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: javadalmazás — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: jövedelem — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: díjazás — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: kereset — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: járandóság — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: keresmény — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: bér — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Hungarian: munkabér — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Japanese: 給料 (kyūryō) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Japanese: サラリー (sararī) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Korean: 임금 (imgeum) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Korean: 급료 (geumnyo) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Korean: 봉급 (bonggeup) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lønn — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lønning — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Polish: pensja — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Polish: płaca — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Portuguese: remuneração — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Romanian: salariu — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Romanian: plată — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Romanian: retribuție — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Russian: за́работная пла́та (zárabotnaja pláta) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Russian: зарпла́та (zarpláta) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Russian: жа́лование (žálovanije) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Slovene: plačilo — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Slovene: plača — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Slovene: nagrada — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Spanish: salario — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Spanish: sueldo — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Swedish: ersättning — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Swedish: lön — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجرت (ücret) — a payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument
  • Armenian: փոխհատուցում (pʻoxhatucʻum) — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Catalan: compensació — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Finnish: korvaus — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Finnish: kompensaatio — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • German: Entschädigung — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Hungarian: kártérítés — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Hungarian: kárpótlás — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Hungarian: kártalanítás — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Hungarian: kompenzáció — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Hungarian: ellentételezés — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: erstatning — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kompensasjon — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Polish: rekompensata — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Portuguese: compensação — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Romanian: compensație — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Romanian: despăgubire — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Russian: компенса́ция (kompensácija) — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Russian: возмеще́ние (vozmeščénije) — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Scottish Gaelic: dìoladh — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Swedish: ersättning — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Swedish: kompensation — a recompense for a loss; compensation
  • Swedish: gottgörelse — a recompense for a loss; compensation