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remunerate

To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labour.

Synonym: To reward, recompense, compensate, satisfy, requite, repay, pay, reimburse.

Origin: L. Remuneratus, p. P. Of remunerare, remunerari; pref. Re- re- _ munerare, munerari, to give, present, from munus, muneris, a gift, present. Cf. Munificent.