Emolument

//ɪˈmɒljʊmənt// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary. formal

    "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

  2. 2
    compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) wordnet
  3. 3
    Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.; Multure to a miller. formal

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accountallowanceassessmentbillblackmailblood money

Example

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"Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it."

Etymology

From Middle English emolument, from Old French emolument, from Latin ēmolumentum.

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in kind

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