perquisite
noun
- something additional to regular profit or pay, resulting from one's position or employment, esp. something customary or expected
- a tip or gratuity
- a privilege or benefit to which a person, institution, etc. is entitled by virtue of status, position, or the like; prerogative; right
See perquisite in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pûrˈkwĭ-zĭt)
noun- 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.
- A tip; a gratuity.
- Something claimed as an exclusive right: “Politics was the perquisite of the upper class” (Richard B. Sewall).
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