emolumentnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪˈmɒl.jə.mənt/us/ɪˈmɑːl.jə.mənt/UK formalpayment for work in the form of money or something else of value:
There must be full disclosure of company directors' total emoluments.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- payroll
- pickings
- strike pay
- venal
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Examples from literature
- And if my engineer friend places worldly emoluments upon a higher plane than professional efficiency, I dread for the safety of the bridges that he builds.
- Its emoluments could be increased by many honourable means not covered by the regular salary.
- Literature languished and died, since it brought neither honor nor emolument.
- The orders of the Company have forbidden their servants to take any extraneous emoluments.
- Through their friendly offices, his two sons, who had been sent out by a generous friend, were placed in situations of respectability and emolument.