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Found 3 hits - Term: honorary, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
honorarium \hon`ora"rium\, honorary \hon"orary\, n. 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
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honorary 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
honorary \hon"orary\, a. l. honorarius, fr. honor honor: cf.
   f. honoraire.
   1. done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary
      services. --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor
      without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "honorary
      arches." --addison.
      1913 webster

   3. holding a title or place without rendering service or
      receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
honorary
     adj : given as an honor without the normal duties; "an honorary
           degree"


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