emolument

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.

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emolument n. salary, wages and benefits paid for employment or an office held.

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emolument noun advance, allowance, benefit, bonus, commission, compensation, consideration, earnings, fee, income, indemnification, pay, payment, profit, recompense, remuneration, requital, restitution, revenue, reward, salary, stipend, tribute, wage

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See also: advance, alimony, bounty, brokerage, charge, commission, compensation, consideration, disbursement, earnings, fee, honorarium, pay, payment, pension, perquisite, profit, recompense, remittance, requital, restitution, revenue, reward, wage

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EMOLUMENT. The lawful gain or profit which arises from an office.