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EMOL'UMENT, n. [L. emolumentum, from emolo, molo, to grind. Originally, toll taken for grinding. See Mill.]
1. The profit arising from office or employment; that which is received as a compensation for services, or which is annexed to the possession of office, as salary, feels and perquisites.
2. Profit; advantage; gains in general.

emolument appears in definitions for these words:
Casualty Emolument Fether Grist Multure Ostracism

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