honorarium
[ on-uh-rair-ee-uh m ]
/ ˌɒn əˈrɛər i əm /
noun, plural hon·o·rar·i·ums, hon·o·rar·i·a [on-uh-rair-ee-uh] /ˌɒn əˈrɛər i ə/.
a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
a fee for services rendered by a professional person.
Origin of honorarium
Words nearby honorarium
honorable,
honorable discharge,
honorable mention,
honorable ordinary,
honorand,
honorarium,
honorary,
honorary canon,
honored,
honoree,
honorific
Example sentences from the Web for honoraria
An invoice for $100,000 from March 1999 is described as, “Honoraria—Dr. Drew Pinsky/1st Installment.”
Feds Allege Glaxo Paid Dr. Drew $275,000 to Tout Antidepressant |Aram Roston |July 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for honoraria
honorarium
/ (ˌɒnəˈrɛərɪəm) /
noun plural -iums or -ia (-ɪə)
a fee paid for a nominally free service
Word Origin for honorarium
C17: from Latin: something presented on being admitted to a post of
honour