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Side note, just fyi, because I used to make the exact same (tiny) mistake all the time. It's spelt remuneration rather than renumeration.

I think it helps to think of the `muner` part as being derived from the same root word as money rather than `numer` as number (which had been my previous assumption I guess).

You just inspired me to actually google my memory technique above, and it turns out the `mun` is from a latin root word for gifting (think munificent)[0]

So now I can think of a munificent monetary remuneration, and should remember it!

[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remuneration#:~:t...




Thanks! I think I’d have been typing it wrong for the rest of my life had you not pointed this out haha.




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