appanage
noun
- money, land, etc. granted by a monarch for the support of his younger children
- a person's rightful extra gain; perquisite
- an accompanying endowment; adjunct
See appanage in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also ap·a·nage (ăpˈə-nĭj)
noun- A source of revenue, such as land, given by a sovereign for the maintenance of a member of the ruling family.
- Something extra offered to or claimed by a party as due; a perquisite: The leaders of the opposition party agreed to accept another government's appanages, and in doing so became an officially paid agency of a foreign power.
- A rightful or customary accompaniment or adjunct.
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