emolument
noun
[ ɪˈmɒljʊm(ə)nt ]
• a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office.
• "the directors' emoluments"
Similar:
payment,
fee,
charge,
consideration,
salary,
pay,
wage(s),
earnings,
allowance,
stipend,
honorarium,
income,
revenue,
return,
profit,
gain,
proceeds,
reward,
compensation,
premium,
recompense,
perks,
pickings,
perquisites,
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’.
