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Remunerative definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REMU'NERATIVE, a. Exercised in rewarding; that bestows rewards; as remunerative justice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: for which money is paid; "a paying job"; "remunerative work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services" [syn: compensable, paying, remunerative, salaried, stipendiary]
2: producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1677 1. serving to remunerate 2. providing remuneration ; profitable • remuneratively adverb • remunerativeness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Remunerative Re*mu"ner*a*tive (r?-m?"n?r-?-t?v), a. [Cf.F. r['e]mun?ratif.] Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business. -Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Remunerative work is work that you are paid for. (FORMAL) A doctor advised her to seek remunerative employment. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Profitable, paying, gainful, paying a good interest, bringing a good return. 2. Remuneratory, rewarding, requiting, recompensing.

Moby Thesaurus

advantageous, banausic, breadwinning, compensating, compensative, compensatory, fat, gainful, good, lucrative, moneymaking, of value, paying, productive, profitable, reparative, repaying, retributive, retributory, rewardful, rewarding, satisfying, valuable, well-paying, well-spent, worthwhile, yielding a return