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English Dictionary: perquisite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for perquisite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perquisite n 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" Synonym(s): fringe benefit, perquisite, perk a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" Synonym(s): prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perquisite \Per"quisite\, n. [L. perquisitum, fr. perquisitus, p. p. of perquirere to ask for diligently; per + quaerere to seek. See {Per-}, and {Quest}.] 1. 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. The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded as the perquisite* of the soldiers. --Prescott. The best perquisites of a place are the advantages it gaves a man of doing good. --Addison. 2. pl. (Law) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent. --Mozley & W.