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emoluments

emoluments is the plural of emolument.

Meaning of emolument

Noun

emolument (plural emoluments)

  1. (formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
    • 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.1787, Philadelphia Convention, United States Constitution
    1. (archaic, formal) Multure paid to a miller.
  2. Material benefit, either direct or indirect.
    • Near-synonym: inurement
    Synonyms:
    inurement

Questions about emoluments

What is emoluments the plural of?
Emoluments is the plural of emolument.

Words near emoluments in the dictionary

  1. emollitions
  2. emoloa
  3. emolument
  4. emolumental
  5. emolumentary
  6. emoluments
  7. EMOM
  8. EMOMs
  9. Emon
  10. Emond
  11. Emonds

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