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the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
- the annual emolument for the director of the charity is officially only one dollar
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“Emolument.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emolument. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of emolument was in the 15th century
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