perquisite

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I suppose some rascally attendant took it as a perquisite, and, knowing not of its value, sold it for a few ducats to the Jew.

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  1. noun A payment or profit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially a benefit expected as one's due. See Synonyms at right.
  2. noun A tip; a gratuity.
  3. noun Something claimed as an exclusive right: "Politics was the perquisite of the upper class” (Richard B. Sewall).

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  • But Mrs. Bunting was aware that eccentricity has always been a perquisite, as it were the special luxury, of the well born and well educated. —  AHMM,October2007
  • It is equivalent to find / taking into account / set apart / granted and implies that the right is conferred on the employee in respect of the perquisite, it had said. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Premium paid by employer is considered as a perquisite for employee hence taxable. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • (It was his perquisite, and from the gold he panned out he ultimately made enough to put him through college.) —  The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance
  • The camel-men who skinned it tried to keep the head as their perquisite, but Matthaios secured it and put it in our soup. —  Southern Arabia
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gratuity ·  remuneration ·  stipend ·  sinecure ·  immunities ·  favors ·  emolument ·  overtime ·  exemptions ·  perk ·  largess ·  rent

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perquisite:   perquisites
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  1. 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.

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  1. from Middle Latin perquisitum, anything purchased, also extra profit beyond the yearly rent, arising from fines, waifs, etc.; properly neuter of Latin perquisitus, past participle of perquirere, make diligent search for: see perquire; in the adjective use, from Latin perquisitus.
 

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/ˈpərkwɪzɪt/
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