Emolument
[ɪ'mɒljʊm(ə)nt;e-]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
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Definition
(n.) The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Gain, lucre, pay, compensation, wages, salary, stipend, hire, pecuniary profit.[2]. Advantage, profit, benefit.
Typist: Sanford
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PROFIT]
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Definition
n. advantage: profit arising from employment as salary or fees.—adj. Emolumen′tal.
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Examples
- It is a lucrative source of emolument, and sometimes brings into the national treasury as much as thirty-five or forty dollars a year. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Have you posts of profitable pecuniary emolument? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He has been for some time particularly desirous to serve his country in a post of good emoluments, unaccompanied by any trouble or responsibility. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The office of judge is in itself so very honourable, that men are willing to accept of it, though accompanied with very small emoluments. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The emoluments of offices, therefore, can, in most cases, very well bear to be taxed. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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