HONORARIUM

honorarium (on-<<schwa>>-rair-ee-<<schwa>>m), n.1. A payment of money or anything else of value made to a person for services rendered for which fees cannot legally be or are not traditionally paid. • Federal law restricts the payment of honoraria to members of Congress. 2. A voluntary reward for that for which no remuneration could be collected by law; a voluntary donation in consideration of services that admit of no compensation in money. 3.Roman law.A gratuitous payment, esp. for professional services, as distinguished from compensation for physical labor. Pl. honoraria.Cf. MERCES.

[Blacks Law 8th]