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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of emolument1

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

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

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.

In default of a male heir, the house, in other words the family, lost every privilege and emolument.

Her emolument depends upon fees, and ranges between three and four hundred dollars per annum.

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