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emolument

noun as in payment

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Ecclesiastics, soldiers in active service, and persons receiving emolument from public funds are debarred from these offices.

In the case of an advowson, the use is public, and the right cannot be turned to any private benefit or emolument.

These are now discontinued, and replaced, as a matter of emolument, by Good Service Pensions.

In default of a male heir, the house, in other words the family, lost every privilege and emolument.

Her emolument depends upon fees, and ranges between three and four hundred dollars per annum.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to emolument, such as: compensation, pay, profit, and returns.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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