perquisite

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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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  • The Tzar thereupon returned the plate which our king had sent him, which plate Lord Carlisle seems to have appropriated, no doubt with diplomatic correctness, as his perquisite in lieu of the sables; but the suite got nothing. —  Andrew Marvell
  • He could have parodied the remark of Fletcher of Saltoun and said, “Let me supply the perquisite-requisites and I care not who makes the laws.” —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great
  • The straw never returned; it was the miller's perquisite, and its value paid for the beer to which the carters were treated at the mill; but the tarpaulin comes back each time, so the miller gets his quid pro quo in the “custom.” —  Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
  • The cook of the mess had as his perquisite a little of each man's ration of rum. —  From the Bottom Up
  • The dead men's clothes were his perquisite, and now was his time to claim them. —  Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed
 

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gratuity ·  remuneration ·  stipend ·  sinecure ·  immunities ·  favors ·  emolument ·  overtime ·  exemptions ·  perk ·  largess ·  rent
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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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