Emolument

To be true to their own interests they must be false to those of their constituents, for with a lobby backed by THE MONEYED RINGS, corporations and syndicates, emolument is theirs if they will but reciprocate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Without ‘been’, the clause can be interpreted as the active voice where the emolument is the subject. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yesterday's term was emolument, which is defined as: ❋ Unknown (2006)

Having found myself rather worse, these two or three last days, I was obliged to take some ipecacuanha last night; and, what you will think odd, for a vomit, I brought it all up again in about an hour, to my great satisfaction and emolument, which is seldom the case in restitutions. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But then, he was gaining in popularity, and what did it matter if his office was filled to overflowing with exotic paraphernalia, he was reaching that apex to which he had aspired, and the emolument was a mere bagatelle. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The employments in the President's gift count by thousands throughout the whole country, and of course a new President means so many thousand people struggling to retain, and so many thousand people struggling to obtain, office, i.e., emolument, that is to me one of the worst features of the whole system, and one of the most fruitful of mischief and political degradation .... ❋ Unknown (1891)

"Those who have been once intoxicated with power and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it." ❋ Peter Troy (2007)

The Maintenance Act provides mechanisms for the enforcement of maintenance orders, such as emolument attachments, attachment of property and garnishee orders. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The "emolument" derived from this second edition at last enabled her to pay her debts, and to put out a small sum upon interest. ❋ Unknown (1890)

Their crude constituencies were proud of them; and not all wrought without "emolument," though it need hardly be said that verse-making was not and is not, as a rule, a remunerative occupation. ❋ Unknown (1890)

Becoming interested in religious controversy, she formed the plan of compiling a "View of Religions"; not at first hoping to derive what she calls "emolument" from the work. ❋ Unknown (1890)

So, little thinking how soon he would begin to regard the "emolument" as ludicrously inadequate, he set to work on "Pickwick." ❋ Unknown (1876)

Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. ❋ Edmund Burke (1763)

There is no doubt that the Nobel Peace Prize is an "emolument" ( "gain from employment or position," according to Webster). ❋ Unknown (2009)

"The emolument was to be a salary of three hundred gold crowns per annum of the Hungarian currency, and in addition to these six hundred more to be paid out of the tax on skins of price. ❋ Unknown (1886)

Moreover, “If you think me capable of holding a commission that has neither rank nor emolument annexed to it, you must entertain a very contemptible opinion of my weakness, and believe me to be more empty than the commission itself.” ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

#1 Security where the hell can I find some air conditioning as my clothes are about to [emolument] to my body. #2 After [Dorthy] dumped a bucket of water on the [Wicked Witch], her clothes and skin emolumented into a heap on the floor. ❋ Dr Kairos (2019)

Dude your [crack] is so [whack it's] [fluctuating] my emoluments ❋ Pensionslawyer (2018)