Remunerative
What it means
Providing worthwhile financial payment or profit.
Reach for it when describing work or activity by its monetary return
Repairing scientific instruments became a remunerative specialty.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
money-making
Fits when commercial return is stated casually
Careful The phrase can sound mercenary.
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everyday
Fits when earnings are unusually high
Careful Lucrative is a stronger claim.
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everyday
well-paid
Fits when compensation for work is directly meant
Careful Well-paid does not imply business profit.
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warm
Fits when the activity provides value or satisfaction
Careful Rewarding may be entirely nonfinancial.
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professional
Fits when revenue exceeds cost
Careful Profitability applies beyond personal pay.
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formal
Fits when employment produces income
Careful Gainful says little about amount.
Opposites 3
- unprofitable
- unpaid
- loss-making
Common phrases 3
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remunerative work
Translation became remunerative work after she specialized.
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highly remunerative
The patent proved highly remunerative for the small laboratory.
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remunerative occupation
Clock repair was once a remunerative occupation there.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated