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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

酬金

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chóu jīn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Honorarium/ˌɒn.əˈreə.ri.əm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他因参与会议而获得酬金。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A payment given for professional services that are rendered voluntarily or without a formal contract.

    "The speaker received an honorarium for his participation in the conference."
  2. 2

    A fee paid to a professional for services rendered, often in academic or artistic contexts.

    "The artist was pleased to receive an honorarium for her workshop."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'honorarium', meaning a gift given to a public official or professional as a token of esteem, originating from 'honor' (honor, dignity). Over centuries, the term evolved in English to denote a nominal payment given for professional services where no fixed fee is legally set or expected.

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