Synonyms for remunerative


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-myoo-ner-uh-tiv, -nuh-rey-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmyu nər ə tɪv, -nəˌreɪ tɪv


Définition of remunerative

Origin :
  • 1620s, "inclined to remunerate," from remunerate + -ive. From 1670s as "rewarding;" 1859 as "profitable." Related: Remuneratively; remunerativeness.
  • adj paying
Example sentences :
  • This thing is true in all the remunerative avenues of life in the North.
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  • He entered upon it in affluence, with a large and remunerative practice.
  • Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
  • These three commodities form the most remunerative products of the farm.
  • Extract from : « Denmark » by M. Pearson Thomson
  • By what law is the rate of these remunerative services established?
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • The prices of miscellaneous articles in London are remunerative.
  • Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend
  • Service in the cause of the colonies could not be remunerative, and Jones knew it.
  • Extract from : « Paul Jones » by Hutchins Hapgood
  • They brought home three less valuable, but remunerative, prizes.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
  • Whither should he turn for a security at once sound and remunerative?
  • Extract from : « The Whirlpool » by George Gissing
  • Perhaps Meg will practise carelessness, since its so remunerative.
  • Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • These we disposed of at a reasonable and remunerative figure.
  • Extract from : « Buckskin Mose » by Buckskin Mose

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