- Renumeration means "to enumerate to count or list again" and is a very rare word.
- Remuneration is a noun that means "something that remunerates" or "an act or fact of remunerating"
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Five years ago: Hall Bathroom Redo (Part Deux)
Monday, July 26, 2021
My Bad
I was composing an email asking for financial renumeration for some expenses. My computer spell checker told me the word was wrong. I disagreed, and turned to Google to arbitrate. Imagine my surprise when I found out I have been using the wrong word for years!
The
Merriam-Webster
dictionary said:
Five years ago: Hall Bathroom Redo (Part Deux)
Five years ago: Hall Bathroom Redo (Part Deux)
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I had to look up remuneration to see what we were talking about.
ReplyDelete'money paid for work or a service.'
I find it interesting that every dictionary comes up with its own definition. Curious to know what your source was.
DeleteI just did a google search on remuneration and that was the first thing at the top of the page. I think it's the google dictionary.
DeleteEmbarrassing, but only a little. Maybe the people reading your emails did not even notice.
ReplyDeleteYep ... the dictionary is right.
ReplyDeleteAnother word for you to check - salary. Is it true that the word salary derives from the word salt? Because in Roman times people were paid in salt bags which, at the time, was very expensive?
God bless.
I did not know that. Thanks!
Deleteoops, I knew that one! Great we have Google.
ReplyDeleteGood for you.
DeleteI don't think I've ever used remunerate. I have used renumerate. I looked the first up, of course, and found out it means to pay someone for services rendered, sometimes with the added meaning to pay back generously or pay when not expected or required to pay. I also saw this: (all from Webster's dictionary)
ReplyDeleteOther Words from remunerate
remunerator \ ri-ˈmyü-nə-ˌrā-tər \ noun
remuneratory \ ri-ˈmyü-nə-rə-ˌtȯr-ē \ adjective
Synonyms for remunerate
Synonyms
compensate, pay, recompense
Wow! That's quite the flexible word.
DeleteWell, thank goodness that's a word I've never used!
ReplyDeleteI knew that, but in all honesty I think it's because I'd googled it at some point in the past.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're ahead of me on this one.
DeleteI've never used renumeration, though I know its meaning because its root is numerate, or number, so this means doing it again.
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