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Definition of Perquisite
1. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Benefit
Specialized synonyms: Apanage, Appanage, Backsheesh, Baksheesh, Bakshis, Bakshish, Gratuity, Pourboire, Tip
2. Noun. A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right). "Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
Generic synonyms: Right
Specialized synonyms: Easement, Privilege Of The Floor
Derivative terms: Privilege
Definition of Perquisite
1. n. 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.
Definition of Perquisite
1. Noun. (context: mostly plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary. ¹
2. Noun. A gratuity. ¹
3. Noun. A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perquisite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perquisite
Literary usage of Perquisite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"When Adam fell, says the Talmud, he was excommunicated for 130 years, during
which time he i out lite the Mtail percentage of meal or ro; perquisite. ..."
2. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1890)
"... the perquisite & Priviledges of a Schout; In all other Matters he is to be
regulated by the Laws of this Governm' & such Orders ..."
3. Opinions of Eminent Lawyers, on Various Points of English Jurisprudence by George Chalmers (1814)
"... and declared a perquisite of the admiralty, being seized at sea, by a
non-commissioned ship. Doctors Commons, March 3, 1708. J. COOKE. Sixthly. ..."
4. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"They have no salary, nor any consideration, nor perquisite, except a fee buck
... He has no perquisite but an old annual fee of five guineas paid him by the ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1875)
"The presidency a public trust, not a private perquisite. No third term. The Democrats
of New York, in convention assembled, recognizing the independence and ..."
6. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"Cp perquisite. The share of revenues which Canons have immemorially received in
common with the rest of a Chapter, is " Emoluments " within s. ..."
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