emolument
3
9.9
- noun
- /ɪˈmɑl.jə.mənt/
- Formal
:
emolumento
- He was proud of the emolument he received for his role as a project manager.
Examples
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The company increased her emolument due to her hard work and dedication.
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The two countries agreed to resolve their differences in 1985 by restoring entitlements and emoluments for immigrants expelled from both sides over the years.
Academic text (1990) -
Information on emoluments and general terms and conditions of service is available on the university website.
Blog text (7) -
Now that he will be forced to go, Rohee would lose all his pensions and other emoluments.
Blog text (13) -
While the total emoluments package to each soldier has been increased, it is not clear how the defense budget would cope with the additional resources required to put it into effect.
Academic text (1999) -
They are not exercised either by the state or the corporation for its own emolument or benefit, but for the benefit and protection of the entire population.
Academic text (2016) -
I, too, was to recognize that miracle and what I thought was an even greater one: the economically struggling Public Opinion more than doubled the emoluments I had received at the prosperous Gleaner.
Academic text (2000) -
In drawing up Virginia's Statute of Religious Freedom, he opposed the state's granting "a monopoly of worldly honors and emoluments to those who will externally profess and conform to" an established religion.
Academic text (1997) -
The government officials discussed their emoluments during the annual budget meeting.
Synonyms
309
2.3
Money people or companies get from work, business, and investments
9
7.6
Money paid to someone for work or services
3
8.7
A small payment given for a talk or other service when no set fee exists
Antonyms
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Emolument comes from the Latin emolumentum, from emolere meaning 'to grind out' or 'produce'. Think of a mill that turns grain into flour; the flour is the 'gain' from the work, and that image shows why emolument now means a 'salary', 'fee', or 'profit'.