Associations to the word «Emolument»

Wiktionary

EMOLUMENT, noun. Payment for an office or employment; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.

Dictionary definition

EMOLUMENT, noun. 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".

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad