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# Word of The Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-5/
- Published: 2024-06-25T18:15:03.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-25T19:59:24.000Z
- Author: The Editor

**Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 25, 2024 is:**

**remuneration** • \\rih-myoo-nuh-RAY-shun\\ • *noun*  

*Remuneration* is a formal word that refers to an amount of money paid to someone for a service, loss, or expense, or to the act of paying such an amount. It is synonymous with [*recompense*](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recompense?ref=goodoil.news) and [*pay*](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay?ref=goodoil.news).

// The actor was offered a modest speaking fee by the host as *remuneration* for giving her speech at the awards ceremony.

[See the entry >](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remuneration?ref=goodoil.news)

**Examples:**  

"Workers are paid per task, with *remuneration* ranging from a cent to a few dollars—although the upper end is considered something of a rare gem, workers say." — Niamh Rowe, *Wired*, 15 Nov. 2023

**Did you know?**  

Our evidence shows *remuneration* to be most at home in writing that concerns financial matters, especially when large amounts of money or forms of compensation are involved. Whether it's because money is often expressed in numerals, or simply because the *n* and *m* are adjacent to each other on our keyboards, *reMUNeration* often appears misspelled as *reNUMeration*. It pays to know, however, that in fact, *renumeration* is a distinct term, a rare word meaning "the act of [enumerating](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enumerate?ref=goodoil.news) again" (*enumerate* means "to list" or "to count").