different between favour vs remuneration

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fe?.v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fe?.v?/
• Rhymes: -e?v?(?)
• Hyphenation: fa?vour

Noun

favour (countable and uncountable, plural favours)

1. (British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.

Derived terms

• out of favour

Translations

Verb

favour (third-person singular simple present favours, present participle favouring, simple past and past participle favoured)

1. (British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
   • 1611, KJV, Luke 1:28:

     "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." —

Usage notes

• Favour is the standard British and Commonwealth spelling. Favor is the standard American spelling, and an alternative in Canada.

Translations

Old French

Noun

favour f (oblique plural favours, nominative singular favour, nominative plural favours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of favor

English

Etymology

From Latin rem?ner?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /r??mju?n??re???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /r??mju?n??re???n/, /??.mju?.n?.??e?.??n/

Noun

remuneration (countable and uncountable, plural remunerations)

1. Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered.
2. A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
3. A recompense for a loss; compensation.

Synonyms

• reward
• recompense
• compensation
• pay
• payment
• repayment
• satisfaction
• requital

Related terms

• remunerability
• remunerable
• remunerably
• remunerate
• remunerative
• remunerator

Translations

Further reading

• remuneration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• remuneration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• renumeration