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hon·o·rar·i·um

(ŏn′ə-râr′ē-əm)

n. pl. hon·o·rar·i·ums or hon·o·rar·i·a (-ē-ə)

A payment given to a professional person for services for which fees are not legally or traditionally required.

[Latin honōrārium, from neuter of honōrārius, honorary, from honor, honor.]

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honorarium

(ˌɒnəˈrɛərɪəm)

n, pl -iums or -ia (-ɪə)

(Commerce) a fee paid for a nominally free service

[C17: from Latin: something presented on being admitted to a post of honour]

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hon•o•rar•i•um

(ˌɒn əˈrɛər i əm)

n., pl. -rar•i•ums, -rar•i•a (-ˈrɛər i ə)

1. a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set.

2. a fee for services rendered by a professional person.

[1650–60; < Latin honōrārium fee paid on taking office, n. use of neuter of honōrārius honorary]

honorarium

a fee for professional services.

honorarium

noun

Something given in return for a service or accomplishment:

accolade, award, guerdon, plum, premium, prize, reward.

Idiom: token of appreciation.

Translations

honoraire

onorario

honorarium

[ˌɒnəˈrɛərɪəm] N (honorariums or honoraria (pl)) [ˌɒnəˈrɛərɪə] → honorarios mpl

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honorarium

[ˌɒnəˈrɛəriəm] n (= fee) → prime f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

honorarium

n pl <honoraria> → Honorar nt

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If our honorarium is unsatisfactory, kindly telegraph us at once and state what you consider a fair price."

Since the honorarium they had offered was three hundred and fifty dollars, Martin thought it not worth while to telegraph.

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I ask you to accept the post of private physician to this household for the space of one--it may be two months, and I offer you also, as an honorarium, the fee of one thousand guineas."

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The Sandiganbayan has upheld the conviction of Mayor Lionel Bacaltos of Sibonga, Cebu for receiving an honorarium amounting to P17,512.50 from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.

Sandigan affirms Cebu mayor's prison term for P17,512 graft

LANDI KOTAL -- The administration of Khyber tribal district restored the decades old monthly honorarium for all pro-administration elders of different tribes.

Honorarium restored for Khyber's pro-admin elders

ACT's first proposed amendment, which would declare the honorarium tax-free, was not an issue during the crafting of the Esra because the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) only decided last year to begin imposing the 5-percent charge.

ACT asks Congress to amend Election Service Reform Act

We implore BIR to order COMELEC to refrain from automatically deducting tax from our honorarium and allowances.

ACT says BIR assertion on tax exemption of teachers on poll duty 'not the reality on the ground'

The BIR added that teachers and qualified persons serving in the electoral boards will just have to execute and submit to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), prior to the release of the honorarium and allowances, a sworn declaration that their gross annual income does not exceed P250,000 in order to spare such from being subject to withholding tax.

BIR reiterates rules on teachers' poll honoraria

ATTOCK -- The Lady Health Workers (LHW) working in Rural Dispensary Makhad have not been paid honorarium for the anti-Measles campaign which was carried out almost six months ago.

LHWs demand for payment of honorarium

Punjab University Oriental College's Principal Prof Dr Fakhrul Haq Noori has been paid tribute in PU's 128th Convocation and an honorarium has been announced in his honor.

Dr Fakhrul Haq Noori honoured

In 1996, the ECC had decided that the budget honorarium would be given to officers of up to grade-20 of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Planning and Development Division and Ministry of Finance.