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noun

Perquisite n.

Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; examples are, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service; the use of a company automobile or other company property.

Synonyms: perk. "The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded as the perquisite of the soldiers." "The best perquisites of a place are the advantages it gaves a man of doing good."

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.

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Etymology of 'Perquisite'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Perquisite" Quotes from Famous Books

... did not save me from the penalty for such an offence. It brought down on my head the curses of a good many men in the mess, but especially of one man who was a sort of a ship's bruiser. It came his turn to be cook about once in ten days. The cook of the mess had as his perquisite a little of each man's ration of rum. With the others, the abuse was mixed with good-humour, for on the whole I managed to lead a fairly agreeable life with my messmates. They looked upon me as a religious fanatic, but my laughter, my funny stories, and my willingness to oblige ...

— From the Bottom Up - The Life Story of Alexander Irvine • Alexander Irvine

... holly; sometimes from linseed oil, which is boiled until thick, when it is taken out of the pot and drawn and stretched with the hands like elastic. Gavin was also a famous hare-snarer at a time when the ploughman looked upon this form of poaching as his perquisite. The snare was of wire, so constructed that the hare entangled itself the more when trying to escape, and it was placed across the little roads through the fields to which hares confine themselves, ...

— Auld Licht Idylls • J. M. Barrie

... pack of cards, one of the identical two packs with which the Queen played Patience the evening he was at Windsor. They were the perquisite of a page who brought them to him. He was much pleased with the Queen and thought her much prettier than any representation of her which we have seen, and with a very sweet expression. Lady Holland had been staying two or three days at Windsor, and was to leave the next morning. ...

— Letters from England 1846-1849 • Elizabeth Davis Bancroft (Mrs. George Bancroft)

... Government of the country know nothing of these tenures; the local authorities allowed them to continue as a perquisite of their own. The holders were willing to pay them a good share of the rent, assured that they would be resumed if reported by the local authorities to the Government. These authorities consented to take a moderate share ...

— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman

... inducements to visit this port, are the goodness of the harbor, and the smallness of the port charges. No consular fee has been paid until now, when, an agent being appointed, each vessel pays him a perquisite of four dollars. ...

— Journal of an African Cruiser • Horatio Bridge

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