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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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