emolument
noun
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Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɒljʊmənt/ / /ɛ-/ / /-jə-/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English emolument, from Old French emolument, from Latin ēmolumentum.
- Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
“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.”
“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.”
- Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
- Material benefit, either direct or indirect.
“Near-synonym: inurement”