Word of the Day - Emolument

[Jace]

Word of the Day - Emolument...n.

Def.: Compensation or payment for employment.

The total emolument was stated in the contract.

 

[Jules]

This is a word that I’ve heard but could not have questioned the meaning without hearing it context.

When I retired, there was no final emolument.

 

[helenbacque]

"The emoluments clause, also called the foreign emoluments clause, is a provision of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) that generally prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift, payment, or other thing of value from a foreign state or its rulers, officers, or representatives."

 

[Kaila]

One might ask or wonder: Did each of the helpers at the event receive an emolument, or were they strictly volunteers?

 

[ohioboy]

Any emolument or "Thing of value" offered to a lady of the night for services, triggers the soliciting statute.

 

[hollydolly]

I received a surprise emolument a couple of weeks ago , which was overdue to me from my last employment

 

[Ruthanne]

I've never heard the word emolument before. Where have I been? lol

 

[Kaila]

I've never heard the word emolument before. Where have I been? lol

I can't guess where you've been,
But,
I guess that you haven't received any emolument, recently then, or you'd likely remember that part!

 

[JonSR77]

Down here in The Jersey, sometimes those emoluments will accidentally fall off the back of a truck.

https://i.gifer.com/origin/e3/e36413f00413167aff11b90f3e99da6b_w200.webp

 

[ohioboy]

I've never heard the word emolument before. Where have I been? lol

It is not an everyday word, just specific to a topic as in Helens post 3, she beat me to it, but you would have to know part of the constitution to be familiar with it.

 

[Kaila]

but you would have to know part of the constitution to be familiar with it.

We are familiar with other parts of it, but not that part,
or, as for myself,
I was familiar with that part, but I hadn't known
(or hadn't remembered; I dont know which ... )
that it is called the emolument clause.

 

[ohioboy]

We are familiar with other parts of it, but either not that part,
or, as for myself,
I was familiar with that part, but I hadn't known
(or hadn't remembered; I dont know which ... )
that it is called the emolument clause.

I am sorry I do not speak Greek!