emoluments (noun)

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• emoluments — /ɪ mɒljυmənts/ plural noun pay, salary or fees, or the earnings of directors who are not employees (NOTE: US English uses the singular emolument.) …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• office — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin officium service, duty, office, from opus work + facere to make, do more at operate, do Date: 13th century 1. a. a special duty, charge, or position conferred by an exercise of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• spoils system — noun Date: 1838 a practice of regarding public offices and their emoluments as plunder to be distributed to members of the victorious party …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• honorary canon — noun : a cleric appointed to assist occasionally in the services of a cathedral but not residentiary and not entitled to stipend or vote in the chapter compare major canon * * * a priest attached to a cathedral but not entitled to receive a… …   Useful english dictionary

• emolument — e‧mol‧u‧ment [ɪˈmɒljmənt ǁ ɪˈmɑːl ] noun [countable usually plural] formal money and any other form of payment that someone, especially a lawyer, doctor, accountant etc, gets for the work that they do. The money earned by company directors who… …   Financial and business terms

• RABBI, RABBINATE — The title rabbi is derived from the noun rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great and does not occur in the Bible; in its later sense in mishnaic Hebrew, however, the word rav means a master as opposed to a slave (e.g., does a slave rebel… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Article One of the United States Constitution — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I  …   Wikipedia

• emolument — UK [ɪˈmɒljʊmənt] / US [ɪˈmɑljəmənt] noun [countable] Word forms emolument : singular emolument plural emoluments very formal payment that you receive for your work …   English dictionary

• fellowship — /ˈfɛloʊʃɪp / (say felohship), /ˈfɛlə / (say feluh ) noun 1. the condition or relation of being a fellow. 2. community of interest, feeling, etc. 3. communion, as between members of the same church. 4. friendliness. 5. an association of persons… …  

• honorary — /ˈɒnərəri / (say onuhruhree) adjective 1. given for honour only, without the usual duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: an honorary title. 2. holding a title or position conferred for honour only: an honorary president. 3. (of a degree) awarded… …  

• spoil — [c]/spɔɪl / (say spoyl) verb (spoiled or spoilt, spoiling) –verb (t) 1. to damage or impair (a thing) irreparably as to excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: to spoil a sheet of paper. 2. to impair in character or disposition by unwise treatment,… …