Associations to the word «Emolument»
Noun
Wiktionary
EMOLUMENT, noun. Payment for an office or employment; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
Dictionary definition
EMOLUMENT, noun. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.