Vocabulary
Remuneration
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
money paid for work or a service.
Urdu meaning
معاوضہ، تنخواہ، مشاہرہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Pakistan ratified the ILO`s Equal Remuneration Convention in 2001 and yet remains among the countries with the widest gender pay gaps in the region.
- In one instance, the president/CEO of a bank in this impoverished nation took home an exgratia payment of Rs1.057bn and cash bonus of Rs163.6 million, in addition to fixed remuneration of Rs98.1m and in-kind benefits in 2024.
- We should not rule out the possibility that the most talented from the present top universities may drift towards the new set-up with higher remuneration and facilities, with matters ending up as a zero sum game for the country as a whole.
- Principal investigators and team members of the successful grantees should be paid a portion of the grant as remuneration and allowed to commercialise their products, processes and innovations.
- Pakistan needs to make certain that its provincial legislation is updated to fully comply with ILO Convention No 100, ensuring that `remuneration` encompasses all forms of compensation.
Synonyms
payment, salary, pay, wages; fee(s), earnings, stipend, honorarium, emolument(s),
Antonyms
nonpayment, underpayment
Curator example
“they work in excess of their contracted hours for no additional remuneration”
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