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Definition Of Emolument:


nA payment or other benefit received as a result of employment or of the holding of a public office.
Other definition of Emolument- Compensation for employment, services or holding office.Emolument is generally used in a legal context. Emolument can vary depending on the type and length of service being performed.Emolumentis derived from the Latin term "emolumentum." It originally meant the sum paid to a miller for grinding a customer's wheat.Today, the term exist mostly as a bit ofarchaic legalese, but it might be at the root ofthe expression, "grinding out a living.

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