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emolument

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e·mol·u·ment  (-mly-mnt)
n.
Payment for an office or employment; compensation.

[Middle English, from Latin molumentum, gain, originally a miller's fee for grinding grain, from molere, to grind out : -, ex-, ex- + molere, to grind; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]

emolument [ɪˈmɒljʊmənt]
n
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the profit arising from an office or employment, usually in the form of fees or wages
[from Latin ēmolumentum benefit; originally, fee paid to a miller, from ēmolere, from molere to grind]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.emolument - compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees); "a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes"
compensation - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
Translations
emolument [ɪˈmɒljʊmənt] N (often pl) (frm) (= salary) → emolumentos mpl; (= fees) → honorarios mpl

emolument
n usu pl (form)Vergütung f; (= fee)Honorar nt; (= salary)Bezüge pl

emolument [ɪˈmɒljʊmənt] n (often pl) (frm) → emolumento

emolument
n emolument [iˈmoljumənt]
profit made from employment, salary, fees etc. verdienste, salaris, loon أجْر، أتْعاب، راتِب доход příjem, zisk løn; honorar; salær die Einkünfte (pl.) εισόδημα honorarios, emolumento tulu حقوق؛ دستمزد palkkaetu rémunération מַשׂכּוֹרֶת वेतन prihod, dohodak járandóság, haszon keuntungan laun; hagnaður, gróði emolumento, retribuzione 給与 이윤, 급여 atlyginimas, pajamos ienākumi; atalgojums keuntungan honorarium lønnsinntekt, biinntekt pobory, dochód vencimento remu­ne­raţie доход príjem plačilo zarada löneförmån, extrainkomst เงินเดือน ücret, maaş 薪水,酬金 заробіток, винагорода تنخواہ lương


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Chairman and Gintlemen," said the Other, "it sames to me, and I'm hopin' yez wull approve the suggistion, that an appropriet way to honour the mimory of the decaised would be to erect an emolument sootably inscribed wid his vartues.
He was one of the best-natured fellows in the world, and was, at the same time, master of so much pleasantry and humour, that he was reputed the wit of the country; and all the neighbouring gentlemen were so desirous of his company, that as denying was not his talent, he spent much time at their houses, which he might, with more emolument, have spent in his school.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
 
 
 
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