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emolument

Meaningprofit

Common meaning: salary or benefit received for a job

Journey through time

  1. Latinemolumentum‘profit’source
  2. Old Frenchemolument‘emolument, profit’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsprofit → salary or benefit received for a jobemolument‘salary or benefit received for a job’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin emolumentum ‘profit’.

Roots

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