Thesaurus: honorary

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1. a. A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.
2. a. An honorary payment, usually in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price.
3. a. Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.
4. a. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree.
5. a. Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
6. adj. given as an honor without the normal duties
7. 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. 1. Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. Macaulay. 2. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches." Addison. 3. Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
8. j:100 s. given as an honor without the normal duties