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I want to describe: a job-position that is given to someone as a way to appease the person, but the position holds no real function.



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He was, due to his importance to the secret project, offered an honorary ____ with disproportionally lucrative payment.




The job is given by the authority to the person as a way to basically bribe him with undeserved salary, because he won't be given any real task. The emphasis here is payment, and not power, so "figurehead" would be inappropriate.






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  • Don't the terms 'honorary' and 'disproportionately lucrative' already convey the idea, even if the blank is filled with something like job or position? Aren't you really seeking a word that would convey this idea by itself, without such qualifications?
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I want to describe: a job-position that is given to someone as a way to appease the person, but the position holds no real function.



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He was, due to his importance to the secret project, offered an honorary ____ with disproportionally lucrative payment.




The job is given by the authority to the person as a way to basically bribe him with undeserved salary, because he won't be given any real task. The emphasis here is payment, and not power, so "figurehead" would be inappropriate.






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  • offered a token position with ...
    – Jim
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  • Don't the terms 'honorary' and 'disproportionately lucrative' already convey the idea, even if the blank is filled with something like job or position? Aren't you really seeking a word that would convey this idea by itself, without such qualifications?
    – jsw29
    13 mins ago












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I want to describe: a job-position that is given to someone as a way to appease the person, but the position holds no real function.



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He was, due to his importance to the secret project, offered an honorary ____ with disproportionally lucrative payment.




The job is given by the authority to the person as a way to basically bribe him with undeserved salary, because he won't be given any real task. The emphasis here is payment, and not power, so "figurehead" would be inappropriate.






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I want to describe: a job-position that is given to someone as a way to appease the person, but the position holds no real function.



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He was, due to his importance to the secret project, offered an honorary ____ with disproportionally lucrative payment.




The job is given by the authority to the person as a way to basically bribe him with undeserved salary, because he won't be given any real task. The emphasis here is payment, and not power, so "figurehead" would be inappropriate.






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  • offered a token position with ...
    – Jim
    1 hour ago










  • Don't the terms 'honorary' and 'disproportionately lucrative' already convey the idea, even if the blank is filled with something like job or position? Aren't you really seeking a word that would convey this idea by itself, without such qualifications?
    – jsw29
    13 mins ago
















  • offered a token position with ...
    – Jim
    1 hour ago










  • Don't the terms 'honorary' and 'disproportionately lucrative' already convey the idea, even if the blank is filled with something like job or position? Aren't you really seeking a word that would convey this idea by itself, without such qualifications?
    – jsw29
    13 mins ago















offered a token position with ...
– Jim
1 hour ago




offered a token position with ...
– Jim
1 hour ago












Don't the terms 'honorary' and 'disproportionately lucrative' already convey the idea, even if the blank is filled with something like job or position? Aren't you really seeking a word that would convey this idea by itself, without such qualifications?
– jsw29
13 mins ago




Don't the terms 'honorary' and 'disproportionately lucrative' already convey the idea, even if the blank is filled with something like job or position? Aren't you really seeking a word that would convey this idea by itself, without such qualifications?
– jsw29
13 mins ago










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sinecure noun

1. A position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary.




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