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# remunerated

«remunerated» in Mova's school dictionary: **paid for work** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Remunerated means paid for work. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#x1)
- Helpers will be remunerated for their time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#x2)
- Volunteers are not remunerated; they work for free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/#x3)
- Each worker was remunerated at £10 an hour. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «remunerated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/remunerated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.