emolument

Etymology

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

noun

  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

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