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UK
/pˈɜːkwɪsˌɪt/
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[ US /ˈpɝkwəzɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɝkwəzɪt/ ]
NOUN
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a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males -
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
How To Use perquisite In A Sentence
- I repeat the recommendations heretofore made by me that the appropriations for the maintenance of our diplomatic and consular service should be recast; that the so-called notarial or unofficial fees, which our representatives abroad are now permitted to treat as personal perquisites, should be forbidden; that a system of consular inspection should be instituted, and that a limited number of secretaries of legation at large should be authorized. State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
- He is a symbol for them of their own high status and perquisites, which are now threatened.
- The proposal is premised on the idea that tenure exists as a perquisite, a personal entitlement, and nothing more.
- The owners of the hackeries were expected to purchase bhoosa and other fodder for their bullocks at the market price; but they took what they required without payment, in _collusion with_ the officers under whom they were employed, or in _spite_ of them; and the Oude Government in 1845 cut the allowance down to seventeen rupees and half, out of which _three rupees and half_ are cut for perquisites, leaving fourteen rupees for the hackeries: and their owners and drivers have the free privilege of helping themselves to bhoosa and other fodder wherever they can find them. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II
- She asked him if he missed the perquisites of being Speaker of the House.
- In addition to a salary, most governors received perquisites such as transportation and an official residence.
- The representatives of both families regarded their seats as family perquisites.
- This level of gambling makes him a ‘whale’ in casino terms, given all sorts of perquisites.
- The "umbles" of the deer are constantly the perquisites of the gamekeeper. Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849
- The upshot was that poor Macan was put under arrest and confined in the cells that night; and when brought before the captain the next day for insubordination and drunkenness, as he had no excuse to offer he was disrated, losing his rank of corporal, with all its perquisites and privileges! Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant
