emolument
See also: émolument
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editemolument (plural emoluments)
- (formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
- Synonyms: compensation, fee, payment, remuneration
- 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[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, 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.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor [...] had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editpayment for an office or employment
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- remuneration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French émolument or Latin emolumentum.
Noun
editemolument n (plural emolumente)
Declension
editDeclension of emolument
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) emolument | emolumentul | (niște) emolumente | emolumentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) emolument | emolumentului | (unor) emolumente | emolumentelor |
vocative | emolumentule | emolumentelor |
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- en:Money
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