emolument

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English

Etymology

From Middle English emolument, from Old French emolument, from Latin ēmolumentum.

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  • Hyphenation: emo‧lu‧ment

Noun

emolument (plural emoluments)

  1. (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 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.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French émolument or Latin emolumentum.

Noun

emolument n (plural emolumente)

  1. profit

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative emolument emolumentul emolumente emolumentele
genitive-dative emolument emolumentului emolumente emolumentelor
vocative emolumentule emolumentelor

References

  • emolument in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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