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Perquisite

Perquisite Meaning & Definition
Perquisite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Perquisite?

[n] a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
[n] an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Perquisite: exclusive right | fringe benefit | perk | prerogative | privilege

Related Terms | Find terms related to Perquisite: accessories | appanages | appendages | appointments | appurtenances | belongings | blackmail | bonus | bonus system | boodle | booty | bounty | bribe | capital gains | choses | choses in action | choses in possession | choses local | choses transitory | cleanup | clear profit | consideration | dividends | donative | double time | earnings | fee | filthy lucre | fringe benefit | gain | gains | get | gettings | gleanings | graft | gratuity | gravy | grease | gross | gross profit | haul | hoard | honorarium | hot goods | incentive pay | income | inducement | interest | killing | lagniappe | largess | liberality | loot | lucre | makings | material things | movables | neat profit | net | net profit | overtime pay | palm oil | paper profits | paraphernalia | pelf | percentage | perk | perks | perquisites | personal effects | pickings | plunder | pork barrel | pourboire | premium | prize | proceeds | profit | profits | public till | public trough | rake-off | receipts | return | returns | salve | solatium | something extra | spoil | spoils | spoils of office | sportula | squeeze | stealings | stolen goods | store | swag | sweetener | take | take-in | things | till | tip | trappings | Trinkgeld | wealth | winnings

See Also | apanage | appanage | backsheesh | baksheesh | bakshis | bakshish | benefit | easement | gratuity | pourboire | privilege of the floor | right | tip

Perquisite In Webster's Dictionary

\Per"qui*site\, n. [L. perquisitum, fr. perquisitus, p. p. of perquirere to ask for diligently; per + quaerere to seek. See {Per-}, and {Quest}.] 1. Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service. The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded as the perquisite of the soldiers. --Prescott. The best perquisites of a place are the advantages it gaves a man of doing good. --Addison. 2. pl. (Law) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent. --Mozley & W.

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