emolument

[ih-mol-yuh-muhnt]

noun

1. profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services.

   Tips are an emolument in addition to wages.

   Synonyms: honorarium, stipend, recompense, pay, earnings

emolument

/ ɪˈmɒljʊmənt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of emolument¹

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; e- ¹, mill ¹, -i-, -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of emolument¹

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

Example Sentences

I want to know how you can avoid the emoluments clause and still make wads of sweaty cash while serving as president.

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Among the offenses he cited are Trump’s denial of due process to expelled immigrants, impoundment of congressionally authorized spending and open solicitation of foreign emoluments.

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Gifts from a foreign government raise obvious questions under the foreign emoluments clause.

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Experts and other critics have for years accused Trump of violating constitutional constraints on the president and other federal officials accepting gifts, or “emoluments,” from foreign states without the express approval of Congress.

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