emolument

(ĭ-mŏl'yə-mənt)
n.
Payment for an office or employment; compensation.

[Middle English, from Latin ēmolumentum, gain, originally a miller's fee for grinding grain, from ēmolere, to grind out : ē-, ex-, ex- + molere, to grind.]

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Income derived from office, rank, employment, or labor, including salary, fees, and other compensation.

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noun

Payment for work done: compensation, earnings, fee, hire, pay, remuneration, salary, stipend, wage. See pay/owe.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; that which is received as a compensation for services, or which is annexed to the possession of office as salary, fees, and perquisites. Any perquisite, advantage, profit, or gain arising from the possession of an office.

Compensation for employment, services or holding office. Emolument is generally used in a legal context. Emolument can vary depending on the type and length of service being performed.

Investopedia Says:

Emolument is derived from the Latin term "emolumentum." It originally meant the sum paid to a miller for grinding a customer's wheat. Today, the term exist mostly as a bit of archaic legalese, but it might be at the root of the expression, "grinding out a living." 

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IN BRIEF: n. - Compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees).

Tutor's tip: The "emolument" (salary, wages, or gain from employment) of her new job allowed her to buy the expensive "emollient" (a substance for soothing or softening the skin) she loves.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indtægt, løn, honorering

Nederlands (Dutch)
salaris

Français (French)
n. - émoluments, rémunération, honoraires, traitement/salaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vergütung, Bezüge

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απολαβή, μισθός

Italiano (Italian)
emolumento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - emolumento (m)

Русский (Russian)
жалованье, вознаграждение, доход

Español (Spanish)
n. - emolumento, salario, retribución, estipendio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inkomst, arvode, förtjänst, förmån

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
薪水, 报酬

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 薪水, 報酬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수입, 보수

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 俸給, 報酬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أجر, تعويض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משכורת, שכר, הטבה‬

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