Perquisite
['pɜːkwɪzɪt] or ['pɝkwəzɪt]
Definition
(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.
(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.
Edited by Daisy
Definition
n. an allowance granted over and above the settled wages: a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.—ns. Perquisi′tion a strict search: diligent inquiry; Perquis′itor the first purchaser of an estate.
Typist: Murray
Examples
- The truth is, he was attached to the lady's maid in question, and indignant that she should have been robbed of her perquisites. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But the perquisites of custom-house officers are everywhere much greater than their salaries; at some ports more than double or triple those salaries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Stanton