Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to remounerate
Spanish translation:
to pay, reward
Added to glossary by
Maria Rosich Andreu
Nov 12, 2002 15:25
21 yrs ago
English term
Francesca
to remounerate
Non-PRO
English to Spanish
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
showing how columbus was remounerated for his discovery
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 5 +7 | was payed |
Maria Rosich Andreu
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| 4 +7 | to reward |
Henk Peelen
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| 5 +3 | typo: remunerate |
María Alejandra Funes
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| 5 +1 | pay / compensate -- comes from reward & gift |
Ildiko Santana
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Change log
May 17, 2005 10:31: Maria Rosich Andreu changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Proposed translations
+7
1 min
Maria Rosich Andreu
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Spain
Had I but world enough, and time!
Native in: Catalan 
, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Dutch to Spanish, Danish to Spanish, English to Spanish, and 10 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
was payed
It's a word of Latin origin. It means: how Columbus was paid back, what he received for his discovery
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Note added at 2002-11-12 17:47:32 (GMT)
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it is \"paid\", of kurs :P
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Note added at 2002-11-12 17:47:32 (GMT)
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it is \"paid\", of kurs :P
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
+3
2 mins
typo: remunerate
re·mu·ner·ate
tr.v. re·mu·ner·at·ed, re·mu·ner·at·ing, re·mu·ner·ates
To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense.
To compensate for; make payment for
tr.v. re·mu·ner·at·ed, re·mu·ner·at·ing, re·mu·ner·ates
To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense.
To compensate for; make payment for
Reference:
+7
45 mins
Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Netherlands
Works in field
Netherlands
Polytechnic school; Studio & memoQ
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: German to Dutch, English to Dutch
to reward
showing how Columbus was rewarded for his discovery
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Refugio
: I like this one, because not all the rewards were in money, and I am sure that not all of them were agreed to ahead of time.
9 mins
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| agree |
Y (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
jerrie
1 hr
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| agree |
Piotr Kurek
3 hrs
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| agree |
luskie
3 hrs
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| neutral |
Ildiko Santana
: to refugio: not all remuneration is money either..
12 hrs
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| agree |
Antonio Camangi
2 days 18 hrs
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| agree |
AhmedAMS
17 days
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+1
13 hrs
Ildiko Santana
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Accurate / Fast / Cheap -- Pick Two
Native in: Hungarian , English
Works in: Hungarian to English, English to Hungarian, English, and 1 more.
pay / compensate -- comes from reward & gift
to *remunerate* \rih-MYOO-nuh-rate\, transitive verb:
1. To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, or expense; to recompense.
2. To compensate for; to make payment for.
"Not to suggest that our bosses *remunerate* us for our high moral standards, but creative bureaucrats at Mesa City Hall have invented a new fund from tax revenue that sets up a $20,000 account for each virtuous City Council member."
--Art Thomason, "Mesa Puts Quite a Price on Discretion," Arizona Republic, May 18, 2000
"The plaintiff could therefore only recover payment for her services if there was evidence of an implied or express contract by the business of which he was a partner (or by the plaintiff personally) to remunerate her for the work which she had done."
--Kate O'Hanlon, "No damages for wife's gratuitous work," Independent, May 27, 1999
"[The firm] wanted to meet long-term investment requirements out of retained profits and also to be able to properly remunerate all the staff and give them a share of the profits."
--Roger Trapp, "Legal firms 'go offshore' to avoid litigation," Independent, May 2, 1996
Remunerate comes from Latin *remunerari*~~"to reward," from *re*~~"back, again" + *munerari*~~"to give, to present," from *munus*~~"a gift."
1. To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, or expense; to recompense.
2. To compensate for; to make payment for.
"Not to suggest that our bosses *remunerate* us for our high moral standards, but creative bureaucrats at Mesa City Hall have invented a new fund from tax revenue that sets up a $20,000 account for each virtuous City Council member."
--Art Thomason, "Mesa Puts Quite a Price on Discretion," Arizona Republic, May 18, 2000
"The plaintiff could therefore only recover payment for her services if there was evidence of an implied or express contract by the business of which he was a partner (or by the plaintiff personally) to remunerate her for the work which she had done."
--Kate O'Hanlon, "No damages for wife's gratuitous work," Independent, May 27, 1999
"[The firm] wanted to meet long-term investment requirements out of retained profits and also to be able to properly remunerate all the staff and give them a share of the profits."
--Roger Trapp, "Legal firms 'go offshore' to avoid litigation," Independent, May 2, 1996
Remunerate comes from Latin *remunerari*~~"to reward," from *re*~~"back, again" + *munerari*~~"to give, to present," from *munus*~~"a gift."
Peer comment(s):
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Y (X)
6 hrs
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