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Definition: Emolument |
EmolumentNoun1. Compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees); "a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "emolument" was first used: 1435. (references) |
Synonym: EmolumentSynonym: INCOME. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Gain, thrift; money-making, money grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre, pelf; loaves and fishes, the main chance; emolument; (remuneration). |
Receipt | Pension, annuity; jointure;(property); alimony, palimony, pittance; emolument; (remuneration). |
Reward | Allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta, shot, scot; bonus, premium, tip; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi, dustoori; mileage. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Emolument |
| English words defined with "emolument": Emolumental ♦ income tax. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "emolument": SIZAR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "emolument": Emolumental. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 8: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | That article which leaves it in the power of the legislature to ascertain its own emolument is one to which I allude. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Emolument" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Emolument" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
emolument | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "emolument"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrogë (earnings, gainings, living wage, pay, salary, wage, wages), pagë (earnings, gainings, pay, prebend, salary, screw, stipend, wage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хонорар (fee, honorarium, terms), възнаграждение (compensation, consideration, guerdon, pay, payment, payoff, premium, remuneration, return, reward, wage), заплата (earnings, pay, paycheck, remuneration, salary, screw, stipend, wage), доход (earnings, income, issue, profit, yield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 薪水 (Pay, Wage, Wages). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zisk (earnings, gain, lucre, profit, winning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مقرری (Pension), مواجب (Salary, Stipend), معونت , مداخل , حقوق (Due, Law, Pension, Salary, Stipend), درامد (Admission, Income, Mean, Revenue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vergütung (abatement, allowance, blooming, coating, compensation, credit, discount, payment, perquisite, price, rebate, recompense, refund, refunding, reimbursement, remuneration, salary, tempering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μισθόσ (earnings, hire, pay, salary, stipend, wage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | puhítószer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pendapatan (acquision, earnings, income, output, product, solution, yeld). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | emolumento, onorario (fee, honorarium, honorary, retainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tuarastyl (counterpart, description, fashion, report, representation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emolumentay emolumento (fee, gainsay, stipend), emoliente (demulcent, demulcents, emollient, mitosis, mollify). (various references) retribuire (payment, remuneration), remuneraţie (pay, remuneration, retribution), onorariu (fee, honorarium, retainer), folos (account, advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, boot, catch, efficaciousness, gain, profit, service, stead, use, utility). (various references) заработок (earnings, gainings, makings). (various references) sochair (a benefit, benefit, privilege). (various references) prihod (harvest, income, revenue). (various references) emolumento (salary). (various references) inkomst (competence, competency, earnings, earnings sheet, income, revenue). (various references) เงินรายไ"้ (คำทางการ). (various references) maaş (compensation, earnings, pay, salary, stipend, wage), ücret (charge, dues, earnings, fee, hire, honorarium, pay, payment, rate, remuneration, salary, stipend, terms, wage, wage rate, wages). (various references) користь (account, advantage, avail, benefit, convenience, gain, good, profit, use), вигода (accommodation, account, advantage, avail, behoof, boot, capital, profit, spoil), заробіток (earnings, gainings, income, pay packet, price), прибуток (bacon, benefit, debtor, earnings, gainings, getting, income, increment, proceeds, profit). (various references) tiền thù lao (fee), lương (sliding scale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | emolumentum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "emolument": emoluments. (additional references) | |
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"Emolument" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emloument, emloyment, emolliment, emoloyment, emoluent, emolulent, emolunent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "emolument" (pronounced 'E*mol"u*ment'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acknowledgment, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Ambushment, Amendment, Amercement, Amerciament, Amortizement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Antepredicament, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Apportionment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Appropriament, Arbitrament, Armament, Arraignment, Arrestment, Arrondissement, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astonishment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attemperament, Attemperment, Attendement, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avertiment, Avisement, Avouchment, Awakenment, Babblement, Bafflement, Bailment, Balancement, Banishment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Battlement, Bedevilment, Bedizenment, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Betterment, Bevelment, Bewailment, Bewilderment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bickerment, Biliment, Bisegment, Blandishment, Blastment, Blazonment, Blemishment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bouleversement, Brabblement, Branglement, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Cantonment, Capillament, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chastisement, Chatoyment, Cherishment, Cloyment, Coadjument, Coadjustment, Coagment, Coestablishment, Colliquament, Comfortment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Concrement, Condiment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contenement, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Couplement, Crassiment, Curtailment, Dazzlement, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Decipherment, Declarement, Decorament, Decorement, Decrement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degarnishment, Degradement, Delayment, Delineament, Delirament, Demolishment, Denotement, D'enouement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Depriment, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, development, Devilment, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Diminishment, Dimplement, Diriment, Disablement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarmament, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disaugment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Discouragement, Discoverment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disembarrassment, Disembodiment, Disemboguement, Disembowelment, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disencouragement, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disentanglement, Disenthrallment, Disestablishment, Disfigurement, Disfranchisement, Disfurnishment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disheartenment, Disillusionment, Disimprovement, Disinteressment, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Dismemberment, Disobligement, Disownment, Disparagement, Dispatchment, Dispiritment, Disportment, Disposement, Disquietment, Dissepiment, Dissettlement, Disseverment, Distemperment, Distillment, Distinguishment, Divergement, Divertisement, Divertissement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Dreariment, Dwindlement, Easement, Eclaircissement, 'Ecrasement, Effacement, Eggement, Ejectment, Eliquament, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embarrassment, Embasement, Embattlement, Embayment, Embedment, Embellishment, Embezzlement, Embitterment, Emblazonment, Emblement, Embodiment, Emboitement, Embossment, Embowelment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Empoisonment, Empressement, Enablement, Enactment, Enamorment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encomberment, Encompassment, Encouragement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encumberment, Encystment, Endamagement, Endangerment, Endearment, Endeavorment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeeblement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Enfranchisement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-m-m-n-o-t-u" | |
-1 letter: lomentum. | |
-2 letters: memento, omentum, toluene. | |
-3 letters: eluent, loment, melton, mentum, molten, moment, omelet, telome, toneme, unmeet. | |
-4 letters: elute, emmet, emote, lemon, lento, leone, lumen, lunet, melon, monte, motel, moult, mount, muton, neume, notum, oleum, unlet, unmet. | |
-5 letters: emeu, enol, leet, leno, lent, lone, lout, lune, lunt, lute, meet, melt, meme, memo, meno, menu, meou, mete, mole, molt, mome, mote, moue, mule, muon, mute, neem, neum, noel, nome, note, omen, teel, teem, teen, tele, tole, tolu, tome, tone, tule, tune, unto. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-m-m-n-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: emoluments. | |
+3 letters: unemployment. | |
+4 letters: monumentalize, subemployment, telecommuting, unemployments. | |
+5 letters: commensurately, monumentalized, monumentalizes, subemployments. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 6F 6C 75 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- --- .-.. ..- -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01101111 01101100 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m o l u m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 006F 006C 0075 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397981788779718086 |
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