perquisite

per·qui·site  (pûrkw-zt)

n.

1. A payment or profit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially a benefit expected as one's due. See Synonyms at right.

2. A tip; a gratuity.

3. Something claimed as an exclusive right: "Politics was the perquisite of the upper class" (Richard B. Sewall).

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[From Middle English perquisites, property acquired otherwise than by inheritance, from Medieval Latin perqustum, acquisition, from Latin, neuter past participle of perqurere, to search diligently for : per-, per- + quaerere, to seek.]

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perquisite

Noun

Formal same as perk¹ [Latin perquirere to seek earnestly for something]

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perquisite

a payment in addition to fee or salary, usually customary to the particular occupation; a fringe benefit. Also perk.

See also: Dues and Payment

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	perquisite - 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" fringe benefit, perk benefit - financial assistance in time of need apanage, appanage - any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use" backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip - a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
	2.	perquisite - a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" exclusive right, prerogative, privilege right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" easement - (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) privilege of the floor - the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session