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Definition
compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment — usually in the form of wages or fees
- Baby-linen—for babies then wore robes of state—afforded still another possibility of toil and emolument.Chapter 5 — Hester at her Needle (45% in)
- The besom of reform hath swept him out of office, and a worthier successor wears his dignity and pockets his emoluments.Introductory (12% in)
There are no more uses of "emolument" in The Scarlet Letter.
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