Word of the Day 5.4.09
emolument
e·mol·u·ment (
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n.
Payment for an office or employment; compensation.
[Middle English, from Latin 
molumentum, gain, originally a miller's fee for grinding grain, from molere, to grind out : -, ex-, ex- + molere, to grind; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]
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| Noun | 1. | emolument – compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees); “a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes”
compensation – something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
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