"emolument" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈmɒljʊm(ə)nt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-jə-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈmɑljəmənt/ [General-American] Forms: emoluments [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English emolument, from Old French emolument, from Latin ēmolumentum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|emolument}} Middle English emolument, {{der|en|fro|emolument}} Old French emolument, {{der|en|la|ēmolumentum}} Latin ēmolumentum Head templates: {{en-noun}} emolument (plural emoluments)
  1. (formal) Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary. Tags: formal Categories (topical): Money Synonyms: compensation, fee, payment, remuneration Derived forms: emolumental Related terms: in kind Translations (payment for an office or employment): заплата (zaplata) [feminine] (Bulgarian), възнаграждение (vǎznagraždenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), emolument [masculine] (Catalan), 報酬 (Chinese Mandarin), 报酬 (bàochou) (Chinese Mandarin), 酬金 (chóujīn) (Chinese Mandarin), bijverdienste [feminine] (Dutch), korvaus (Finnish), émolument [masculine] (French), Vergütung [feminine] (German), Honorar [neuter] (German), Diät [feminine] (German), emolumen (Indonesian), emolumento [masculine] (Italian), emolumen (Malay), uposażenie [neuter] (Polish), emolumento (Portuguese), onorariu [neuter] (Romanian), leafă [feminine] (Romanian), salariu [neuter] (Romanian), răsplată [feminine] (Romanian), plată (Romanian), вознагражде́ние (voznagraždénije) [neuter] (Russian), гонора́р (gonorár) [masculine] (Russian), опла́та (opláta) [feminine] (Russian), пла́та (pláta) [feminine] (Russian), emolumento [masculine] (Spanish), arvode [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "voznagraždénije",
      "sense": "payment for an office or employment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вознагражде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gonorár",
      "sense": "payment for an office or employment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гонора́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opláta",
      "sense": "payment for an office or employment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опла́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pláta",
      "sense": "payment for an office or employment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пла́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "payment for an office or employment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emolumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "payment for an office or employment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "arvode"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emolument"
}

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