remunerated

past tense of remunerate
1
as in compensated
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received promptly remunerated the repair company for fixing the dryer

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2
as in reimbursed
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

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Recent Examples of remunerated The antitrust lawsuit filed in March 2025 against tennis’ governing bodies by the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) intended to completely remake the sport and transform how its athletes are treated and remunerated. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026 In my opinion, there needs to be a much more responsible reckoning of how that has happened, and how people can be remunerated for it. Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remunerated
Verb
  • The modern athlete wants a larger say in how they’re perceived, how their intellectual property is used and how they’re compensated.
    Justin Birnbaum, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Lille have compensated with a more youthful midfield, where 18-year-old tempo-controller Ayyoub Bouaddi was their undoubted star last season.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
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  • While the city eventually reimbursed Figgs for attorneys fees, attorney Edward Moor of Moor Law Office says the clerk is entitled to damages for suffering over four years, as the document destruction lawsuit filed in October 2021 dragged on.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In 2016, at a benefit auction, Jeffrey Epstein placed the winning bid on an internship at Hermès; the company withdrew the lot and reimbursed the charity.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
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  • He was released from the Rio Grande detention center on August 28 after his family paid a $20,000 bond.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Sixty years after television audiences first tuned in to see the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, an astronaut on board the International Space Station has paid tribute to Star Trek by flying the badge of the franchise’s latest fictional captain.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • If those IOUs are set to be repaid many years from now, they’re called bonds.
    Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The school has done so before — in 2022, Hiram repaid over $6 million of loans from its endowment.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

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“Remunerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remunerated. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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