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
- 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
Synonyms for emolument
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