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

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

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In the case of an advowson, the use is public, and the right cannot be turned to any private benefit or emolument.

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

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

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

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