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Antonyms for emolument

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-mol-yuh-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɒl yə mənt


Definition of emolument

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French émolument and directly from Latin emolumentum "profit, gain," perhaps originally "payment to a miller for grinding corn," from emolere "grind out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + molere "to grind" (see mallet).
  • noun payment
Example sentences :
  • The Emperor was not only the fountain of all honor, but of all emolument and place.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • They were surprised to find that the emolument was so trifling.
  • Extract from : « Bruin » by Mayne Reid
  • Usually they are lawyers who have won preferment and emolument.
  • Extract from : « The American Empire » by Scott Nearing
  • The work will be no joke, but the emolument is too tempting to resist.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • Finally all salaries were henceforth to be in lieu of every emolument.
  • Extract from : « The History of the British Post Office » by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon
  • He is now allowed no percentage, nor other emolument than his salary.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by Ramon Reyes Lala
  • In point of emolument, my office will turn out about what I expected.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop » by George Parsons Lathrop
  • His Wealth of Nations procured him immediate fame and emolument.
  • Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
  • When you rise in what you can't do, the emolument is dazzling.
  • Extract from : « Cynthia » by Leonard Merrick
  • The laws were framed and administered for their protection and emolument.
  • Extract from : « Liberty In The Nineteenth Century » by Frederic May Holland

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