different between remuneration vs gratuity

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

English

Etymology

From Old French gratuite (French gratuité), from Medieval Latin gratuitas (“a free gift”), from Latin gratuitus (“freely given, free”); see gratuitous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????tju??t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????tu??t?/

Noun

gratuity (plural gratuities)

1. An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
2. Euphemistic form of fee, in contexts where such additional payments have been made obligatory.
3. Euphemistic form of bribe.

Synonyms

• (additional payment offered in thanks): douceur, grace, pourboire, tip; baksheesh (Turkish and Middle Eastern contexts); cumshaw (SE Chinese contexts; archaic); see also gift
• (obligatory fee): service charge; douceur, tip (euphemistic)
• (bribe): Thesaurus:bribe
• (additional gift from a vendor): lagniappe

Related terms

• gratis
• gratuitous
• gratuitously

Translations

Further reading

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