honorarium

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  1. noun A payment given to a professional person for services for which fees are not legally or traditionally required.

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  • I was in hopes that my letter discussing the withdrawal of the opera would help me quickly to the honorarium, and perhaps increase the amount a little. —  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2
  • The only thing they were willing to grant was the immediate commencement of the engraving (provided always that a performance was guaranteed), without payment of an honorarium, and with the undertaking only on their part to share the profits of the edition with me. —  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2
  • I suppose it goes without saying that before the existence of the ten-thousand-dollar honorarium, the honor was not referred to as a prize It does, and yet you said it. —  EQMM,June2008
  • For a work of this class signed with your name I can easily find a publisher and insist upon a decent honorarium, and there is surely nothing derogatory in continuing in a path which Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Rossini have not disdained. —  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1
  • Texas Lobbyist can maintain good relations with politicians Even if you are not required to register as a lobbyist, you should be aware of the bribery, honorarium, and gift prohibitions in Chapter 36 of the Penal Code. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
 

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  1. Latin honōrārium, from neuter of honōrārius, honorary, from honor, honor.

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  1. from Latin honorarium (sc. donum), a present made on being admitted to a post of honor, neuter of honorarius, honorary: see honorary.
 

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/ɑnəˈreɪriəm/
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