| 单词 | emolument |
| 释义 | emolument[ ih-mol-yuh-muhnt ] / ɪˈmɒl yə mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR emolument ON THESAURUS.COM nounprofit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages. Origin of emolumentFirst recorded in 1470–80; from Latin ēmolumentum “advantage, benefit,” probably a derivative of ēmol(ere) “to grind out, produce by grinding” (ē- “from, out of” + molere “to grind”) + -u-, variant before labials of -i- + -mentum noun suffix; see e-1, mill1, -i-, -ment SYNONYMS FOR emolumentearnings, pay, recompense, stipend, honorarium. SEE SYNONYMS FOR emolument ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby emolumentemo, emocore, emodin, emoji, emollient, emolument, Emory, Emory oak, emote, emoticon, emotion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for emolumentBritish Dictionary definitions for emolumentemolument / (ɪˈmɒljʊmənt) / nounthe profit arising from an office or employment, usually in the form of fees or wages Word Origin for emolumentC15: from Latin ēmolumentum benefit; originally, fee paid to a miller, from ēmolere, from molere to grind Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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