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emolument

/ih-mol-yuh-muhnt/US // ɪˈmɒl yə mənt //UK // (ɪˈmɒljʊmənt) //

酬金,酬劳,俸禄,薪酬

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Ecclesiastics, soldiers in active service, and persons receiving emolument from public funds are debarred from these offices.

  • In the case of an advowson, the use is public, and the right cannot be turned to any private benefit or emolument.

  • These are now discontinued, and replaced, as a matter of emolument, by Good Service Pensions.

  • In default of a male heir, the house, in other words the family, lost every privilege and emolument.

  • Her emolument depends upon fees, and ranges between three and four hundred dollars per annum.