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Emolument Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Emolument has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
compensation
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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