honorariums
Gratitude in cash
Honorariums is a plural of honorarium—a payment given for professional services when custom or propriety forbids setting a fixed fee.
Guest lecturers, commencement speakers, and clergy performing weddings typically receive honorariums rather than invoices: The university offered modest honorariums to visiting scholars.
The Latin plural honoraria is also used.
Fixed regular payment
- feePayment for service
- remunerationPayment for work done
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- emolumentPayment for work
gratuity · reimbursement · allowance · retainer · consulting fee · appearance fee · per diem · travel allowance
In designation only
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- modestLacking in pretension
- customaryDone by convention
- standardLevel of quality accepted
taxable · voluntary · discretionary · waived · declined · donated · symbolic · goodwill
Confirmation of receipt
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- tributeOffering of respect
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- gestureCommunicative body movement
thank-you · commendation · testimonial · gratitude · thanks · esteem · regard · respect
Oral expression of language
- lecturingGiving an instructive talk
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- guest appearanceBrief role by outsider
- keynoteCentral theme or speech
panelist · workshop · seminar · commencement · graduation · adjunct · peer review · expert testimony
stipend
Fixed regular payment
- feePayment for service
- remunerationPayment for work done
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
emolument · gratuity · reimbursement · allowance · retainer · consulting fee · appearance fee · per diem · travel allowance · nominal fee
nominal
In designation only
standard · taxable · voluntary · discretionary · waived · declined · donated · symbolic · goodwill · nonprofit
acknowledgment
Confirmation of receipt
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- tributeOffering of respect
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
gesture · thank-you · commendation · testimonial · gratitude · thanks · esteem · regard · respect · courtesy
speaking
Oral expression of language
- lecturingGiving an instructive talk
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- guest appearanceBrief role by outsider
keynote · panelist · workshop · seminar · commencement · graduation · adjunct · peer review · expert testimony · advisory
honorariumssalaries
Fixed regular payments for work
wages · fees · billable hours · retainers · earned income
honorariumspenalties
Punishments for infractions
fines · forfeitures · sanctions · punitive damages · deductions