emolument

[ ih-mol-yuh-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages.

Origin of emolument

1
First recorded in 1470–80; from Latin ēmolumentum “advantage, benefit,” probably a derivative of ēmol(ere) “to grind out, produce by grinding” (ē- “from, out of” + molere “to grind”) + -u-, variant before labials of -i- + -mentum noun suffix; see e-1, mill1, -i-, -ment

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How to use emolument in a sentence

  • Ecclesiastics, soldiers in active service, and persons receiving emolument from public funds are debarred from these offices.

    The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
  • In the case of an advowson, the use is public, and the right cannot be turned to any private benefit or emolument.

  • These are now discontinued, and replaced, as a matter of emolument, by Good Service Pensions.

    The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
  • In default of a male heir, the house, in other words the family, lost every privilege and emolument.

    A Fantasy of Far Japan | Baron Kencho Suyematsu
  • Her emolument depends upon fees, and ranges between three and four hundred dollars per annum.

British Dictionary definitions for emolument

emolument

/ (ɪˈmɒljʊmənt) /


noun
  1. the profit arising from an office or employment, usually in the form of fees or wages

Origin of emolument

1
C15: from Latin ēmolumentum benefit; originally, fee paid to a miller, from ēmolere, from molere to grind

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