emolument
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English emolument, from Old French emolument, from Latin ēmolumentum.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɒljʊm(ə)nt/, /ɛ-/, /-jə-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈmɑljəmənt/
- Hyphenation: emo‧lu‧ment
Noun[edit]
emolument (plural emoluments)
- (formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
- Synonyms: compensation, fee, payment
- 1787, Philadelphia Convention, United States Constitution:
- 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.
- 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Author’s Account of Himself”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], OCLC 1090970992, page 5:
- 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
payment for an office or employment
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
remuneration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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