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â¢ EMOLUMENT (noun) The noun EMOLUMENT has 1 sense: 1. compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees) Familiarity information: EMOLUMENT used as a noun is very rare.
a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes. Hypernyms (emolument is a kind of...): compensation (something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury))