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emolument

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɒljʊmənt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɛ-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-jə-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /əˈmɑljəmənt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: formal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compensation, fee, payment, remuneration

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.

Multure paid to a miller.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, formal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compensation, fee, payment, remuneration

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Material benefit, either direct or indirect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: inurement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inurement

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compensation

History

Etymology

From Middle English emolument, from Old French emolument, from Latin ēmolumentum.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: заплата (zaplata) — payment for an office or employment
  • Bulgarian: възнаграждение (vǎznagraždenie) — payment for an office or employment
  • Catalan: emolument — payment for an office or employment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 報酬 /报酬 (bàochou) — payment for an office or employment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酬金 (chóujīn) — payment for an office or employment
  • Dutch: bijverdienste — payment for an office or employment
  • Finnish: korvaus — payment for an office or employment
  • French: émolument — payment for an office or employment
  • German: Vergütung — payment for an office or employment
  • German: Honorar — payment for an office or employment
  • German: Diät — payment for an office or employment
  • Indonesian: emolumen — payment for an office or employment
  • Italian: emolumento — payment for an office or employment
  • Malay: emolumen — payment for an office or employment
  • Polish: uposażenie — payment for an office or employment
  • Portuguese: emolumento — payment for an office or employment
  • Romanian: onorariu — payment for an office or employment
  • Romanian: leafă — payment for an office or employment
  • Romanian: salariu — payment for an office or employment
  • Romanian: răsplată — payment for an office or employment
  • Romanian: plată — payment for an office or employment
  • Russian: вознагражде́ние (voznagraždénije) — payment for an office or employment
  • Russian: гонора́р (gonorár) — payment for an office or employment
  • Russian: опла́та (opláta) — payment for an office or employment
  • Russian: пла́та (pláta) — payment for an office or employment
  • Spanish: emolumento — payment for an office or employment
  • Spanish: pie de altar — payment for an office or employment
  • Swedish: arvode — payment for an office or employment
  • Ottoman Turkish: اجرت (ücret) — payment for an office or employment
Real reading context

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