Both Uses of
emolument
in
Arrowsmith
- In regard to salary—permit me to be business-like and perhaps blunt, as my train leaves in one hour—I don't suppose we could equal the doubtless large emolument which the Hunziker people are able to pay you, but we can go to ten thousand dollars a year—"†
Chpt 13
- I had a great liking for you, and your defection, your going back to private practice merely for commercial gain, your selling out for what I presume is a very high emolument, is one of the very greatest blows I have recently had to sustain.†
Chpt 24 *
Definition:
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(emolument) compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment -- usually in the form of wages or fees