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perquisite (encz) | perquisite,požitek n: Zdeněk Brož |
perquisite (encz) | perquisite,požitky Zdeněk Brož |
Perquisite (gcide) | 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;
-- examples are, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a
specific service; the use of a company automobile or other
company property.
Syn: perk.
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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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perquisite (wn) | 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, perquisite, 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, perquisite, exclusive right] |
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perquisite (encz) | perquisite,požitek n: Zdeněk Brožperquisite,požitky Zdeněk Brož |
Perquisited (gcide) | Perquisited \Per"qui*sit*ed\, a.
Supplied with perquisites. [Obs.] "Perquisited varlets
frequent stand." --Savage.
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perquisite (wn) | 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, perquisite, 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, perquisite, exclusive right] |
PERQUISITES (bouvier) | PERQUISITES. In its most extensive sense, perquisites signifies anything
gotten by industry, or purchased with money, different from that which
descends from a father or ancestor. Bract. lib. 2, c. 30, n. 8; et lib. 4,
c. 22. In a more limited sense it means something gained by a place or
office beyond the regular salary or fee.
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