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Definitions for emolument
ɪˈmɒl yə məntemol·u·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
emolumentnoun
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"
Wiktionary
emolumentnoun
Payment for an office or employment; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
Etymology: From emolumentum
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Emolumentnoun
Profit; advantage.
Etymology: emolumentum, Latin.
Let them consult how politick they were, for a temporal emolument to throw away eternity. Robert South, Sermons.
Nothing gives greater satisfaction than the sense of having dispatched a great deal of business to publick emolument. Tatler.
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emolument
Emolument is the compensation or profit derived from holding an office, employment, or labor-related activity. It usually includes salary, wages, fees, benefits, or allowances.
Webster Dictionary
Emolumentnoun
the profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary
Etymology: [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. molument. See Mole a mound.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Emolument
e-mol′ū-ment, n. advantage: profit arising from employment, as salary or fees.—adj. Emolumen′tal. [L. emolimentum—emolīri, to work out—e, sig. completeness, molīre, to toil.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of emolument in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of emolument in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of emolument in a Sentence
It says that no elected official, either member of Congress or the President of the United States, can accept a gift, an emolument or any payment at all from a foreign government.
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