Thesaurus: perquisite

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
3. n. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
4. n. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
5. 1. 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. The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded as the perquisite of the soldiers. Prescott. The best perquisites of a place are the advantages it gaves a man of doing good. Addison. 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.
6. Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with hisown money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent. Mozley& W.
7. n:100 n an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right) n a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)