honorary position

honorary position
charge ou fonction honorifique

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  • honorary — hon‧or‧ar‧y [ˈɒnrəri ǁ ˈɑːnəreri] adjective [only before a noun] 1. an honorary title, rank, or university degree is given to someone as an honour: • They made him an honorary member of the club. • She received an honorary doctorate from Harvard …   Financial and business terms

  • Honorary — An honorary position is an unpaid position. Other uses include:* honorary title awarded as a mark of distinction ** honorary citizenship awarded to aliens who have rendered service to the state ** honorary degree academic degree awarded to… …   Wikipedia

  • honorary — hon|or|ar|y [ˈɔnərəri US ˈa:nəreri] adj 1.) an honorary title, rank, or university degree is given to someone as an honour ▪ Brown received an honorary doctorate from Seoul University. 2.) an honorary position in an organization is held without… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • honorary — adjective 1 an honorary title, rank, or university degree is given to someone as an honour 2 an honorary position in an organization is held without receiving any payment 3 an honorary member of a group is treated like a member of that group but… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • honorary — [än′ə rer΄ē] adj. [L honorarius, of or conferring honor] 1. given as an honor only, without the usual requirements or privileges [an honorary degree] 2. a) designating an office or position held as an honor only, without service or pay b) holding …   English World dictionary

  • honorary — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a title or position) conferred as an honour. 2) Brit. (of an office or its holder) unpaid …   English terms dictionary

  • Honorary degree — For other degrees, see Academic degree. Not to be confused with an honours degree. An honorary degree[1] or a degree honoris causa (Latin: for the sake of the honour ) is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree awarding… …   Wikipedia

  • honorary — /ˈɒnərəri / (say onuhruhree) adjective 1. given for honour only, without the usual duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: an honorary title. 2. holding a title or position conferred for honour only: an honorary president. 3. (of a degree) awarded… …  

  • Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society — An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society is a person elected under special criteria to Fellowship of the Royal Society. They are ineligible in the other criteria for election as a Fellow or Foreign Member but have rendered signal service to the… …   Wikipedia

  • honorary — adj. 1 a conferred as an honour, without the usual requirements, functions, etc. (honorary degree). b holding such a title or position (honorary colonel). 2 (of an office or its holder) unpaid (honorary secretaryship; honorary treasurer). 3 (of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • honorary — honorarily /on euh rair euh lee/, adv. /on euh rer ee/, adj. 1. given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree. 2. holding a title or… …   Universalium

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