/on'euh rair"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. honorariums, honoraria /-rair"ee euh/ .
1. a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
2. a fee for services rendered by a professional person.
[ 1650-60; honorarium fee paid on taking office, n. use of neut. of honorarius HONORARY ]