emolument
21emolument — /i mol yeuh meuhnt/, n. profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages. [1470 80; < L emolumentum advantage, benefit, equiv. to emol(ere) to grind out, produce by grinding… …
22emolument — [15] Just as a salary was originally a ‘payment for salt’, so emolument appears to have been a particular kind of payment – in this case for flour – which later became generalized in meaning. Latin ēmolere meant ‘grind out’ (it was a compound… …
23emolument — noun, formal his name alone is worth the emolument they re willing to offer Syn: salary, pay, payment, wage(s), earnings, allowance, stipend, honorarium, reward, premium; fee, charge, consideration; income, profit, gain …
24emolument — [15] Just as a salary was originally a ‘payment for salt’, so emolument appears to have been a particular kind of payment – in this case for flour – which later became generalized in meaning. Latin ēmolere meant ‘grind out’ (it was a compound… …
25emolument — n. a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office. Etymology: ME f. OF emolument or L emolumentum, orig. prob. payment for corn grinding , f. emolere (as E , molere grind) …
26Emolument Clause — The Emolument clause refers to a provision in Article I, , Clause 8, that forbids the United States from granting titles of nobility and restricts members of the government from receiving gifts from foreign states without the consent of the… …
27emolument — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin emolumentum advantage, from emolere to produce by grinding, from e + molere to grind more at meal Date: 15th century 1. the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation… …
28emolument — noun /ɪˈmɒlyəmənt/ Payment for an office or employment; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary …
29Emolument — Emo|lu|mẹnt, das; s, e [lat. emolumentum = Vorteil, Nutzen, zu: emoliri = hervorbringen, zustande bringen] (veraltet): 1. Nutzen, Vorteil. 2. Nebeneinnahme: ∙ dass er ... eins der subalternen Ämter übernehmen und solches ohne e führen wolle… …
30emolument — e|mo|lu|ment Mot Agut Nom masculí …
