Emolument

(noun.) 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'.

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• It is a lucrative source of emolument, and sometimes brings into the national treasury as much as thirty-five or forty dollars a year. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Have you posts of profitable pecuniary emolument? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He has been for some time particularly desirous to serve his country in a post of good emoluments, unaccompanied by any trouble or responsibility. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The office of judge is in itself so very honourable, that men are willing to accept of it, though accompanied with very small emoluments. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The emoluments of offices, therefore, can, in most cases, very well bear to be taxed. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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