2011年10月4日 星期二

blockheaded, remunerate

Let’s hope that those who crafted it are well remunerated when the show returns to London. After all, ‘no man but a blockheaded ever wrote except for money.’

remunerate

(rĭ-myū'nə-rāt') pronunciation
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
  1. To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense.
  2. To compensate for; make payment for: remunerated his efforts.

[Latin remūnerārī, remūnerāt- : re-, re- + mūnerārī, to give (from mūnus, mūner-, gift).]

remunerability re·mu'ner·a·bil'i·ty (-nər-ə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) n.
remunerable re·mu'ner·a·ble adj.
remunerator re·mu'ner·a'tor n.


blockheaded

a.Stupid; dull.

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