emolument

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)

   a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes

2. 2
   noun

   Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.

   No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

3. 3
   noun

   Material benefit, either direct or indirect.

   Near-synonym: inurement

Etymology

From Middle English emolument, from Old French emolument, from Latin ēmolumentum.