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Meaning of HONORARIUM

Pronunciation:  `ânu'rehreeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a fee paid for a nominally free service
 
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 See Also: reward

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hon`o*ra"ri*um\, Honorary \Hon"or*a*ry\, n. [L.
honorarium (sc. donum), fr. honorarius. See {Honorary}, a.]
1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as,
   an honorarium of one thousand dollars. --S. Longfellow.
2. (Law) An honorary payment, usually in recognition of
   services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign
   a fixed business price. --Heumann.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: amends, atonement, blood money, bonus, bounty, bribe, compensation, consideration, damages, donative, double time, emolument, fee, gratuity, gravy, grease, guerdon, incentive pay, indemnification, indemnity, inducement, lagniappe, largess, liberality, meed, palm oil, pay, payment, perks, perquisite, pourboire, premium, price, quittance, recompense, redress, remuneration, reparation, requital, requitement, restitution, retribution, return, reward, salvage, salve, satisfaction, smart money, solatium, something extra, sportula, sweetener, tip, Trinkgeld, wergild
 

 

 

 

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