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honorarium

/ˌɒnəˈrɛːriəm/

B2CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

A voluntary payment made for services on which no fee is legally set.

The non-executive received only a modest honorarium rather than a salaried wage.

Similar: stipend, fee

Topic: Employment law in Legal English

Business noun

A voluntary payment made for professional services for which fees are not normally charged.

The external panel member received a modest honorarium for chairing the assessment day.

Topic: Human resources in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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