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Type of compensation


a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes.

Examples of emolument

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Graham blanched when I called it a tax increase, so let's call it a shockingly supple revenue emolument.
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Individually, these are able, affable folk who, if drawn to other pursuits, might well earn more than the $75,386, which is their present emolument.
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The resolution canceled all emolument increases for this office made or to be made between noon of January 3, 2005, and ending at noon of January 3, 2011.
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The chief dispute centered upon the question of appointments to office, the fees paid by those receiving appointments being a recognized and most substantial source of emolument.
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It was therefore suggested by some that the office's emolument had been increased during Black's Senatorial term, and that therefore Black could not take office as a Justice.
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This place where Orona disappeared into the ground with his Leopard today had been renovated and constructed as an emolument for lovers of history and tourists.
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  • Compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees); "a clause in the U.S. constitution prevents sitting legislators from receiving emoluments from their own votes"
  • Remuneration is wages or salary, typically money that is paid for services rendered as an employee.
  • Payment for an office or employment; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary
  • (Emoluments) Salary and benefits.
  • (Emoluments) Advantages. Now usually refers to salary or fees arising from employment.
  • (Emoluments) Salary can be up to Rs. 20,700 per month based on experience and NET qualification.
  • (Emoluments) The amount of income you receive from your employment. This income includes your salary commissions, and benefits such as the provision of a company car, use of a mobile phone and payments of expenses, such as travelling and subsistence costs.
  • (Emoluments) Used as a term for the total earnings package when calculating the potential benefits from an occupational pension scheme, and calculating maximum approvable benefit limits.
  • (Emoluments) this is the profit that comes from being employed, such as salary and fees.