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# remunerated

adjective (remunerated); past form of the verb remunerate (remunerate, remunerates, remunerated, remunerating)

«remunerated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Remunerated means paid for work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#m1)
2. (formal) To remunerate someone is to pay them for work or a service. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#m2)

### In the lessons

A stiff, official word from job adverts, contracts and exams; «well remunerated» = well paid. In everyday talk people say «paid». Phrases: «well remunerated», «remunerated work».

### Examples

- The job is well remunerated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#x1)
- Helpers will be remunerated for their time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#x2)
- Volunteers are not remunerated; they work for free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#x3)
- Each worker was remunerated at £10 an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#x4)
- If a worker is remunerated $15 an hour for 8 hours, she earns $120. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#x5)

### Note

Formal word; plain word «paid». Noun: remuneration (pay). A common trap is to say «renumerated» — the correct order is re-MU-ner-ated (think «money»: m before n). In maths, remuneration = rate × time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «remunerated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«remunerated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/remunerated.html) on Mova free.