Perquisite meaning

pûr'kwĭ-zĭt
A payment, profit, or benefit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially when due or expected.
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A gratuity; a tip.
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A tip or gratuity.
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(mostly plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.

The perquisites of this job include health insurance and a performance bonus.

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After the wonderful service that evening he didn't hesitate in laying a substantial perquisite on the table.

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Something regarded or claimed as an exclusive right by virtue of one's social position or rank.
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Something additional to regular profit or pay, resulting from one's position or employment, esp. something customary or expected.
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A privilege or benefit to which a person, institution, etc. is entitled by virtue of status, position, or the like; prerogative; right.
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A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.

Private jets and motor yachts are a perquisite of the rich.

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The definition of a perquisite is a special privilege of your position or status, or a tip or gratuity.

Getting to use the corporate jet is an example of a perquisite of being a CEO.

If the boss gets a new laptop every year and customarily hands his old one down to his employee, this is an example of a perquisite.

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Origin of perquisite

From Middle English perquisites property acquired otherwise than by inheritance from Medieval Latin perquīsītum acquisition from Latin neuter past participle of perquīrere to search diligently for per- per- quaerere to seek

Sentence Examples

  • The most illustrious m~narchs prided themselves no less on the buildings they raised in honor of the gods than on the successful wars they waged: indeed the wars won a religious significance through the gradual elevation of the god of the capital to god of the nation, and a large part of the spoils was considered the rightful perquisite of the latter.

  • Sheep, rams, bullocks, fowls are given sacrificial salt to lick, and then sacrificed by the priest and deacon, who has the levitical portions of the victim as his perquisite.

  • This insoluble residue, called ` nai chai ' (opium dirt), is the perquisite of the head boiling coolie, who finds a ready market for it in Canton, where it is used for adulterating, or rather in manufacturing, the moist inferior kinds of prepared opium.

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