Thesaurus results for EMOLUMENT

emolument

noun

i-ˈmäl-yə-mənt

as in salary

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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Recent Examples of emolument The Trump family’s involvement in foreign business deals became a major focus during Mr. Trump’s term, with critics ultimately suing and alleging that the family was illegally profiting from foreign payments — referred to as emoluments in the Constitution — while Mr. Trump was in office. —

Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 The emoluments clause prohibits the president from accepting any gift, title or emolument from a foreign state or domestic officials without congressional approval. —

Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2022 But few tales better show the mix of hard power and emoluments that embodied imperial China’s tributary relations with others. —

The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020 Clearly, there were also going to be debates on whether the charges should include obstruction of justice and emoluments (the president using his office to profit). —

Susan Dominus, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2019 See all Example Sentences for emolument