How To Use Perquisite In A Sentence
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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)
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He is a symbol for them of their own high status and perquisites, which are now threatened.
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The proposal is premised on the idea that tenure exists as a perquisite, a personal entitlement, and nothing more.
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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
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She asked him if he missed the perquisites of being Speaker of the House.
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In addition to a salary, most governors received perquisites such as transportation and an official residence.
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The representatives of both families regarded their seats as family perquisites.
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This level of gambling makes him a ‘whale’ in casino terms, given all sorts of perquisites.
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The "umbles" of the deer are constantly the perquisites of the gamekeeper.
Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849
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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
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The ashes from the house and the log-heaps were either leached at home, and the lye boiled down in the large potash kettles -- of which almost every farmer had one or two -- and converted into potash, or became a perquisite of the wife, and were carried to the ashery, where they were exchanged for crockery or something for the house.
Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian
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The loss or diminution of salary and other contractual perquisites are claimed as special damages.
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With the assignment of adequate salaries the so-called notarial extra official fees, which our officers abroad are now permitted to treat as personal perquisites, should be done away with.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
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Outside appointments confer prestige and status, as well as financial rewards and perquisites.
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It hardly needs saying that their salaries are not over generous or that perquisites are few.
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To carry out this function the Speaker was supplied with silver by the Crown, which he retained as a perquisite after leaving office.
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They will there be showered with perquisites, first and not least among them that they will never again have to read another screenplay.
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And Wagner was not only known (with absolute certainty) to wish to divert from the pockets of "placemen" funds they had learnt to consider their perquisites, with a view of turning
Richard Wagner Composer of Operas
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That's an unexpected perquisite that has benefited my daily life away from the poker tables.
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She gets various perquisites in addition to her wages.
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Mr. Kerrigan, at the thought of these hearty aldermen accustomed to all the perquisites of graft and rake-off, leaned back and gave vent to a burst of deep-chested laughter.
The Titan
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They desire fair compensation and financial benefits as well as the perquisites of many managerial jobs.
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With workers in demand, employees can easily leave one organization and seek a better salary and perquisites in a new position.
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His attacks on elite perquisites, and his imperious treatment of subordinates, made him anathema to the powerful party machine.
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Under the perquisite of the everyday, he has reconstructed a personal system of art.
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Politics used to be the perquisite of the property-owning classes.
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They are rewarded in pay,power and perquisites.
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In the case of soldiers on "extra duty," each was to receive one gill a day, and I distinctly recall the demijohn with the gill cup hanging on its neck, and the line of "extra duty men" who came up each morning for their perquisite.
'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West
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Perquisites include the use of the company car.
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Perquisites include the use of the company car.
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Perquisites include the use of the company car.
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Usually, the erring civil servants could only be punished by a transfer to some other post or region, without any cuts in their existing salary or perquisites.
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The thrums were a perquisite of my own, which I niffered with the gundy-wife for Gibraltar-rock, cut-throat, gib, or bull's-eyes.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself
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In making the annual contract with the baker, his perquisite was the thirteenth loaf of every dozen furnished—hence the baker’s dozen.23 He was expected to know how to make “all kinds of preserved fruit, both liquid and dry, stewed fruits, creams, sweet cakes, marzipans, syrups, flavored waters, and distilled liqueurs.”
Savoring The Past
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The lock, signifying a small quantity, and the gowpen, a handful, were additional perquisites demanded by the miller, and submitted to or resisted by the
The Monastery
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Life at Court was in fact an endless pursuit of advantage, status, pensions, offices, and perquisites from those whom royal favour endowed with power to bestow them.
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Perquisites include the use of the company car.
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To the extent that it repudiates those duties, it is accountable to the society in which it functions and from which it enjoys its freedoms, privileges and perquisites.
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To rebuke the seed is to forbid its growing. your -- literally, "for you"; that is, to your hurt. dung of ... solemn feasts -- The dung in the maw of the victims sacrificed on the feast days; the maw was the perquisite of the priests
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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The secret of creating genuine lacquer was unknown in England at the time, so the real thing, imported from Asia, remained a perquisite of the very rich.
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It goes to the accountability and the powers and perquisites of the government.
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As he has evidently now discovered, the trappings of high office are not limited to posh perquisites and media glare.
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The Finance (No 2) Act, 2009, reintroduced stock incentives as 'perquisite' in the hands of employees.
Daily News & Analysis
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The _lock_, signifying a small quantity, and the _gowpen_, a handful, were additional perquisites demanded by the miller, and submitted to or resisted by the _Suckener_ as circumstances permitted.
The Monastery
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The revenues collected and the perquisites enjoyed by the wardens of the various royal forests show a general similarity.
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He hoped Dinwiddie would not renege on his promises and make his situation “worse by taking away the only perquisite I have.”
George Washington’s First War
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He increased the university's endowment and, at the same time, enormously expanded administrative costs and perquisites.
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The ashes from the house and the log-heaps were either leached at home, and the lye boiled down in the large potash kettles ” of which almost every farmer had one or two ” and converted into potash, or became a perquisite of the wife, and were carried to the ashery, where they were exchanged for crockery or something for the house.
Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago
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Okay, so after I looked up "perquisite" I thought they'd misspelled prerequisite, but it turns out it means "freebie" or "bonus", I thought--gee, who uses the word "perquisite"?
AL Direct
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Salaries and perquisites are unlikely to have kept greedy men satisfied enough to prevent it.
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The degree of PhD, as I remember, is conferred on us with all the perquisites and emoluments pertaining thereto.
