emolument

See also: émolument

English

Etymology

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

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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 1090970992, 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.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French émolument or Latin emolumentum.

Noun

emolument n (plural emolumente)

  1. profit

Declension
Declension of emolument
singular plural
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

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