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Remuneration is pronounced rih-myoo-nuh-RAY-shun, with five syllables and the main stress on RAY. The m comes before the n, so the second syllable is myoo, as in music. American and British English say it the same way. It is not renumeration.
remuneration
noun · money paid to someone for their work; payment
IPA checked in the Cambridge Dictionary and Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. Cambridge divides the British form as /rɪˌmjuː.nərˈeɪ.ʃən/. The sounds are the same. The recording is American English.
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USUK American and British English/rɪˌmjuː.nəˈreɪ.ʃən/
rih
myoo
nuh
RAYstressed
shun
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Tip. The second syllable is myoo, as in music. The m comes first, then the n: myoo-nuh, never noo-muh.
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What people often say instead, and how to fix it. Say rih-myoo-nuh-RAY-shun.
Notrih-noo-muh-RAY-shun
Swapping the m and the n, as if the word came from number. Say myoo first, then nuh.
Notrih-MYOO-nuh-ray-shun
Putting the main stress on myoo, as in the verb remunerate. In the noun the strong beat is on RAY.
Notrih-mun-uh-RAY-shun
Dropping the y sound. The u is long, as in music: myoo.
Hear each one, slow it down, then say it. Words change a little when they join others, so practise them in sentences too.
The remuneration for this role is very competitive.
Directors' remuneration is listed in the annual report.
She asked about remuneration before accepting the offer.
It is remuneration. The word comes from the Latin remunerari, to reward or pay back, built on munus, a gift or a duty. The same munus is in munificent, which means very generous.
Many people say and even write renumeration, with the n and the m swapped. They are thinking of number and numerous, as if pay were about counting money. Those words come from a different Latin root, numerus, a number.
To remember the order, think of the m in money: remuneration is money for your work, and the m comes first. The verb is remunerate, rih-MYOO-nuh-rayt, with the stress on myoo.
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