'Perquisite' definitions:

Definition of 'perquisite'

(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: fringe benefit, perquisite, perk]
noun
A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" [syn: prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right]

Definition of 'Perquisite'

From: GCIDE
  • Perquisite \Per"qui*site\, 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; -- examples are, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service; the use of a company automobile or other company property.
  • Syn: perk. [1913 Webster + PJC]
  • The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded as the perquisite of the soldiers. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • The best perquisites of a place are the advantages it gaves a man of doing good. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'perquisite'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Perquisite'