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emolument
e·mol·u·ment [ i móllyəmənt ] (plural e·mol·u·ments)


noun 
Definition:
 
payment: a payment for work done ( formal )

[15th century. < Latin emolumentum "profit, gain," literally "fee paid for grinding grain" < emolere "grind out"]

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See wage.
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