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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis