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as in to compensate
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received
promptly remunerated the repair company for fixing the dryer
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as in to reimburse
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury
the negligent landlord must remunerate those made homeless by the fire by finding new housing for them at his own expense
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Recent Examples of remunerate
The majority of truly important work is not highly remunerated.
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Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
However, the writers who create the stories which appear on these platforms are not being adequately remunerated for their work.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2023
The lawsuit makes no specific monetary demand but asks that a jury require Tesla to remunerate alleged victims for the conduct they were subjected to and pay other damages, as appropriate.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
The Global Fund recently became the first major international health organization to require countries that receive its grants to budget what delivery would be done by community health workers and the funding gap for remunerating them.
—Stephanie Nolen Tiksa Negeri, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
However, the writers who create the stories which appear on these platforms are not being adequately remunerated for their work.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2023
The lawsuit makes no specific monetary demand but asks that a jury require Tesla to remunerate alleged victims for the conduct they were subjected to and pay other damages, as appropriate.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
The Global Fund recently became the first major international health organization to require countries that receive its grants to budget what delivery would be done by community health workers and the funding gap for remunerating them.
—Stephanie Nolen Tiksa Negeri, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remunerate
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In heavy rain, allow an additional two seconds of distance to compensate for reduced traction and braking effectiveness.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
The Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2025
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There was a time when capital was cheap enough to compensate for expansion inefficiencies.—
Rebecca Takada,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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By acting, essentially, as an in-house contractor for the federal government, the team did not need to directly spend taxpayer dollars and was instead reimbursed by partner agencies.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2025
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The city of Miami has been paying for the beds occupied by homeless individuals and getting reimbursed by the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust, the county’s homeless services agency.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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Can tariffs pay for a budget deficit when Social Security, Medicare and the interest payments on our debt are what really matter and there’s $36 trillion of national debt to be made up by them?—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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From fiscal year 2015 to 2022, the Social Security Agency paid about $72 billion in improper payments, most of which were overpayments, the report noted.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Instead of obsessing over getting repaid by Ukraine, Trump needs to keep U.S. security interests in view and carefully weigh the costs and benefits of pursuing Ukrainian minerals.—
William Walldorf,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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Flash Loan Attacks: Flash loans, a unique feature of DeFi, allow users to borrow assets without collateral as long as the loan is repaid within the same transaction.—
Cathy Ross,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Remunerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remunerate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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