remuneration
Money or other forms of compensation paid to an employee for work or services.
speakingWork and economy
IELTS use
Formal term useful for discussions about salaries, benefits, and job packages.
Examples
- The remuneration package includes a competitive salary and bonuses.
- Remuneration for this position is based on experience and qualifications.
- The company reviewed its remuneration policy to attract top talent.
- Transparent remuneration practices build trust with employees.
Collocations
- remuneration package
- The remuneration package includes health insurance.
- competitive remuneration
- The firm offers competitive remuneration to retain staff.
- remuneration policy
- The remuneration policy is reviewed annually.
- remuneration for work
- Fair remuneration for work is a basic right.
Word family
- Noun
- remuneration
- Verb
- remunerate
- Adjective
- remunerative
- Adverb
- remuneratively
Paraphrases
- pay and benefits: More general and everyday.
- compensation: Common synonym in HR contexts.
- salary and perks: Informal, covers base pay and extras.
Common mistakes
- I expect a good remuneration. to I expect good remuneration.. Remuneration is uncountable; do not use 'a' unless with 'package'.
- The remuneration is high. to The remuneration is generous.. 'High' is not wrong, but 'generous' or 'competitive' is more collocational.
- They remunerate well. to They remunerate employees well.. Remunerate is typically transitive; specify who is remunerated.