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.
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Emolument
//ɪˈmɒljʊmənt//
Synonyms for "emolument" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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7 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- възнаграждение noun (payment for an office or employment)
- заплата noun (payment for an office or employment)
Catalan
1 entries- emolument noun (payment for an office or employment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 報酬 /报酬 noun (payment for an office or employment)
- 酬金 noun (payment for an office or employment)
Dutch
1 entries- bijverdienste noun (payment for an office or employment)
Finnish
1 entries- korvaus noun (payment for an office or employment)
French
1 entries- émolument noun (payment for an office or employment)
German
3 entries- Diät noun (payment for an office or employment)
- Honorar noun (payment for an office or employment)
- Vergütung noun (payment for an office or employment)
Indonesian
1 entries- emolumen noun (payment for an office or employment)
Italian
1 entries- emolumento noun (payment for an office or employment)
Malay
1 entries- emolumen noun (payment for an office or employment)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اجرت noun (payment for an office or employment)
Polish
1 entries- uposażenie noun (payment for an office or employment)
Portuguese
1 entries- emolumento noun (payment for an office or employment)
Romanian
4 entries- leafă noun (payment for an office or employment)
- onorariu noun (payment for an office or employment)
- plată noun (payment for an office or employment)
- răsplată noun (payment for an office or employment)
Russian
4 entries- вознагражде́ние noun (payment for an office or employment)
- гонора́р noun (payment for an office or employment)
- опла́та noun (payment for an office or employment)
- пла́та noun (payment for an office or employment)
Spanish
2 entries- emolumento noun (payment for an office or employment)
- pie de altar noun (payment for an office or employment)
Swedish
1 entries- arvode noun (payment for an office or employment)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor [...] had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
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