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Webster 1913 Edition
Remunerate
Re-mu′ner-ate
(-?t)
, Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Remunerate
REMU'NERATE
,Verb.
T.
to reward; to recompense; to requite; in a good sense; to pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense or other sacrifice; as, to remunerate the troops of an army for their services and sufferings; to remunerate men for labor. the pious usfferer in this life will be remunerated in the life to come.