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   emolument

   /ɪˈmɒljʊm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office: formal "the directors' emoluments"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin emolumentum, originally probably ‘payment to a miller for grinding corn’, from emolere ‘grind up’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, thoroughly’ + molere ‘grind’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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