honorarium

noun

hon·o·rar·i·um ˌä-nə-ˈrer-ē-əm

plural honoraria ˌä-nə-ˈrer-ē-ə

also honorariums

: a payment for a service (such as making a speech) on which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set

donated the honoraria from his speaking engagements

Examples of honorarium in a Sentence

We are willing to offer a small honorarium that we hope you will accept for judging the competition.

Recent Examples on the Web Children's book authors often support themselves by visiting schools, which pay for travel and provide an honorarium to speak with students, Gratz said. —

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 June 2024 Justice Barrett also appears to have declined $5,000 honorariums for speaking at the University of Minnesota Law School. —

Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 7 June 2024 All participants also receive travel support, accommodations for on-site experiences and a $10,000 honorarium to offset time away from earning during the lab. —

Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024 Reyes is the county’s eighth poet laureate and will receive a modest honorarium. —

Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for honorarium

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