Perquisite

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  • noun. A payment, profit, or benefit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially when due or expected.
  • noun. Something regarded or claimed as an exclusive right by virtue of one's social position or rank: synonym: right.
  • noun. A gratuity; a tip.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An incidental emolument, profit, gain, or fee, over and above the fixed or settled income, salary, or wages; something received incidentally and in addition to regular wages, salary, fees, etc.
  • noun. In law, whatever one gets by industry or purchases with his money, as distinguished from things which come to him by descent.
  • That may or must be sought out.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
  • noun. A gratuity.
  • noun. A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
  • noun. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
  • Word Usage
    "Okay, so after I looked up "perquisite" I thought they'd misspelled prerequisite, but it turns out it means "freebie" or "bonus", I thought--gee, who uses the word "perquisite"?"
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