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Definition of "honorarium" []

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

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "honorarium" in a sentence
  • "But always before he reached the middle he struck for what they called his honorarium; and this troubled them, for the tale was appearing week by week as it was written."
  • "If our honorarium is unsatisfactory, kindly telegraph us at once and state what you consider a fair price."
  • "And the honorarium is just a token, you understand …"