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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
emolument /ɪˈmɒljʊm(ə)nt, ɛ-/

▶noun formal a salary, fee, or benefit from employment or office.

– origin ME: from L. emolumentum, orig. prob. ‘payment for grinding corn’, from emolere ‘grind up’.

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