Entry Word: remunerate

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received <promptly remunerated the repair company for fixing the dryer> — see pay 1
2 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> — see compensate 1