emolument
/ih-mol-yuh-muhnt/US // ɪˈmɒl yə mənt //UK // (ɪˈmɒljʊmənt) //
酬金,酬劳,俸禄,薪酬
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n.名词 noun
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- : profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages.
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nounpayment
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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.
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