Synonyms for emolument
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Salary — payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary
2. Remuneration — payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary. Multure paid to a…
Definitions
- n. 1
Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary.
- n. 2
Payment for employment or an office; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary. Multure paid to a miller.
Forms
- Plural
- emoluments → salaries, payments, fees, remunerations…
Choose the right word
Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- payment Please use the information below for your payment.
- salary His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
- remuneration What are your expectations in terms of remuneration?
- stipend Yanni increased Rima's stipend.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| emolument | falling | |
| payment | falling | |
| salary | falling | |
| remuneration | falling | |
| stipend | steady | |
| inurement | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- pay1, fee1
- 4 letters
- gain1, hire2
- 6 letters
- salary3
- 7 letters
- payment2, stipend2, multure
- 9 letters
- inurement
- 12 letters
- compensation4, remuneration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hire2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- émolument
- Italiano
- emolumento