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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by funny money,

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the jokesters of the financial system.

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Yeah. Too funny to fake. All right.

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Which of these words is closest in meaning to remuneration?

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It's when you muneration and then you do it again, right?

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All right, potential answers. [ mumbles ]

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And here we go. All right, let's break down "remuneration."

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The prefix "re" can mean to do something over again,

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like renewing an overdue library book.

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The root "muner" in Latin means "to give."

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So, together, that's "to give again."

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So let's see which of our answers is closest to that.

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All right. Take a look at A - sentencing,

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which can refer to the decision a judge makes after a trial.

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Sure, you might be a repeat offender, but, nah, we'll keep looking.

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Next there's B - remembrance,

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which is something that helps you remember a person or an event from your past,

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like those love letters you found in your grandma's attic.

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[ chuckles ] All right, what about D - recovery?

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Well, recovery means to gain something back that you've lost,

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like when you recuperate your strength after an injury.

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Now that sounds like the word "remunerate," but they don't mean the same thing.

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Which leaves us just with C - payment.

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Well, payment is something that's given after you complete a task,

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just like a remuneration.

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So the correct answer is C - payment.

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And be careful, it might cost you an arm and a leg.

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