How to Use honorarium in a Sentence

honorarium

noun
Definition of honorariumnext
  • We are willing to offer a small honorarium that we hope you will accept for judging the competition.
  • For each work, the city will pay the artist a $500 honorarium.
    — Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The board also approved a $600 honorarium for the district Teacher of the Year.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The artists chosen will receive an honorarium of up to $500.
    — Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Pearson said PragerU paid his airfare to Los Angeles and gave him a modest honorarium for his work on the video.
    — al, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The honorarium came as a shock to Rodriguez-Northcutt, who watched the show between filling orders.
    — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2022
  • Manning’s deal was to come for one day and to receive an honorarium of $1,000, according to a source familiar with the arrangement.
    — Fred Kaplan, Slate Magazine, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Selected artists will receive an honorarium of up to $7,000, and Elgin artists will be given preference over those from out of town.
    — chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2021
  • An honorarium is offered for services for which no price is expected or set.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2022
  • When an album is chosen, the artist receives a $250 honorarium, which also represents a licensing agreement for the library to post and share the music.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2022
  • This year, the eight finalists who don’t win will receive a $500 honorarium thanks to a donation by Eileen Clegg, a longtime supporter of the arts from Columbia, Baxter said.
    — Katie V. Jones, baltimoresun.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The winning applicants will receive an honorarium of up to $1,500.
    — Rafael Guerrero, Elgin Courier-News, 11 June 2019
  • The nine other finalists receive a $1,000 honorarium, with a matching school grant.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Fellows receive a $5,000 honorarium for their two-year commitment and meet several times a year.
    — Philly.com, 7 May 2018
  • McCarthy refused to go on book tours, granted few interviews and turned down handsome honorariums on the lecture circuit.
    — Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • Most pastors do not charge a set fee for such services but typically receive an honorarium.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The Clark County Arts Commission is working to acquire financial support such as a stipend, grant or honorarium.
    — oregonlive, 29 Dec. 2020
  • At the conclusion of the conference, the honorarium pool will be divided evenly across all presenters.
    — Paolo Gaudiano, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • The nine other finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium and matching grants.
    — Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • For example, during Dream Stream, guest creators are paid a small honorarium for their appearances.
    — Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The club gives honorariums to monthly speakers, a donation to the church for use of the space, as well as scholarships to women attending Portland Community College.
    — Samantha Swindler, OregonLive.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Le Guin said the 2022 jurors, who will each receive a small honorarium, were chosen for their professional or personal connections to Le Guin.
    — oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2021
  • After the presentation, Chen handed Hua an envelope filled with $3,500 in U.S. dollars — reimbursement for his plane ticket and an honorarium for the talk.
    — Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • He’s been asked to write a magazine profile of a best-selling science-fiction writer, H. H. H. Mandern, and is serving on the committee for a fancy literary prize, which entails some kind of honorarium.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Each artist selected to exhibit their work will receive a $500 honorarium.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2018
  • Dern is a beloved industry figure who seems almost guaranteed to nab the corresponding Oscar, partly as an honorarium for her career.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Contributing musicians received an honorarium and the station went live on Jan. 13.
    — Author: J. Besl, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2021
  • She is allowed to receive an honorarium for these activities and be reimbursed for her expenses.
    — Erin Edgemon | [email protected], AL.com, 11 May 2017
  • The award comes with a $1,000 honorarium and a core archives of American history books and Gilder Lehrman educational materials.
    — al, 2 Aug. 2020
  • Ask before taking anyone’s picture and offer a small honorarium.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 12 May 2017

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