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Webster 1913 Edition
Emolument
E-mol′u-ment
,Noun.
[L.
emolumentum
, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri
to move out, work out; e
out + moliri
to set in motion, exert one’s self, fr. moles
a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. émolument
. See Mole
a mound.] The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
A long . . . enjoyment of the
emoluments
of office. Bancroft.
Webster 1828 Edition
Emolument
EMOL'UMENT
,Noun.
1.
The profit arising from office or employment; that which is received as a compensation for services, or which is annexed to the possession of office, as salary, feels and perquisites.2.
Profit; advantage; gains in general.Definition 2024
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See also: émolument
English
Noun
emolument (plural emoluments)
- Payment for an office or employment; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
- 1908, Washington Irving, chapter 1, in The Sketch Book, Collins, page 1:
- Even when a mere child I began my travels, and made many tours of discovery into foreign parts and unknown regions of my native city, to the frequent alarm of my parents, and the emolument of the town crier.
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Translations
Payment for an office or employment