emolument

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Emolument is a salary, fee, or profit received as a compensation for services, either from employment or from holding office.  

In the context of Constitutional Law an emolument is “any perquisite, advantage, profit arising from the possession of an office” as cited by the case of Town of Highlands v. Hendricks

[Last updated in January of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]