Emoluments
[ɪ'mɒljʊmənts]
Examples
- 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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