Found 3 items, similar to Perquisite.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: perquisite
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: perquisite
perquisite
n 1: 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,
perk]
2: 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,
exclusive right]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Perquisite
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;
especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a
specific service.
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The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded
as the perquisite of the soldiers. --Prescott.
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The best perquisites of a place are the advantages
it gaves a man of doing good. --Addison.
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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.
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