Honorarium, Honorary, n.
Etymology: [L. honorarium (sc. donum), fr. honorarius. See Honorary, a.]
1. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.
2. (Law)
An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. Heumann.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for honorarium; he lists it under pay.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
Antonyms
none given