emolument

noun

profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services: Tips are an emolument in addition to wages. Synonyms: earnings, pay, recompense, stipend, honorarium.

Origin:
1470–80; < Latin ēmolumentum advantage, benefit, equivalent to ēmol(ere) to grind out, produce by grinding (ē- e-¹ + molere to grind; see mill¹) + -u-, variant before labials of -i- -i- + -mentum -ment

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emolument (ɪˈmɒljʊmənt)

—n
	the profit arising from an office or employment, usually in the form of fees or wages

[C15: from Latin ēmolumentum benefit; originally, fee paid to a miller, from ēmolere, from molere to grind]

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emolument

1435, from L. emolumentum "profit, gain," perhaps originally "payment to a miller for grinding corn," from emolere "grind out," from ex- "out" + molere "to grind."

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