Emolument Definition

ĭ-mŏlyə-mənt
emoluments
noun
Gain from employment or position; payment received for work; salary, wages, fees, etc.
Webster's New World
A payment or other benefit received as a result of employment or of the holding of a public office.
Webster's New World Law

Other Word Forms of Emolument

Noun

Singular:
emolument
Plural:
emoluments

Origin of Emolument

  • 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 melə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French emolument, from Latin emolumentum

    From Wiktionary

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