"perquisite" meaning in English

See perquisite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɜɹkwəzɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-perquisite.wav Forms: perquisites [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin perquīsītum (“something acquired for profit”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|perquisitum|perquīsītum|something acquired for profit}} Medieval Latin perquīsītum (“something acquired for profit”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} perquisite (plural perquisites)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Money Translations (benefit beyond salary): допълнителен доход (dopǎlnitelen dohod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), benefici [masculine] (Catalan), extralegaal voordeel [neuter] (Dutch), supplementair inkomen [neuter] (Dutch), etuus (Finnish), gratification [feminine] (French), émolument [masculine] (French), Vergünstigung [feminine] (German), Extra [neuter] (German), Zusatzleistung [feminine] (German), dodatkowa korzyść [feminine] (Polish), benefício [masculine] (Portuguese), bônus [masculine] (Portuguese), льго́та (lʹgóta) [feminine] (Russian), beneficios [masculine, plural] (Spanish), obvenciones [formal, masculine, plural] (Spanish), obvención [feminine] (Spanish), emolumento [masculine] (Spanish), gaje [masculine] (Spanish), sportler [plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-perquisite-en-noun-WnkGg3wH Disambiguation of Money: 50 3 47 Disambiguation of 'benefit beyond salary': 89 1 10
  2. A gratuity. Translations (gratuity): бакшиш (bakšiš) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fooi [feminine] (Dutch), drinkgeld [neuter] (Dutch), extra (note: often in the diminutive) [masculine] (Dutch), juomaraha (Finnish), palveluraha (Finnish), don [masculine] (French), cadeau [masculine] (French), pourboire [masculine] (French), Vergütung [feminine] (German), чаевы́е (čajevýje) (Russian), propina [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-perquisite-en-noun-LPXJpH0Y Disambiguation of 'gratuity': 0 97 3
  3. A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class. Categories (topical): Money Translations (privilege): γέρας (géras) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), voorrecht [neuter] (Dutch), alleenrecht [neuter] (Dutch), etuoikeus (Finnish), privilège [masculine] (French), Vorrecht [neuter] (German), Privileg [neuter] (German), privilégio [masculine] (Portuguese), привиле́гия (privilégija) [feminine] (Russian), privilegio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-perquisite-en-noun-U8bq6Nzf Disambiguation of Money: 50 3 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 3 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 5 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 33 8 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 4 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 4 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 31 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 4 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 5 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 6 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 3 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 3 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 5 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 4 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 3 77 Disambiguation of 'privilege': 10 2 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: parquisite [obsolete] Derived forms: Commonly abbreviated as perq, perk

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "One voyage, I recollect, I tipped him a live sheep out of the remnant of my sea-stock: not that I wanted him to do anything for me—he couldn’t, you know—but because his childlike belief in the sacred right to perquisites quite touched my heart."
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        {
          "ref": "2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 873:",
          "text": "The tithe properly belongs to the Lord who, in turn, assigns it to the Levites as payments for their sanctuary labors. Thus levitical and priestly perquisites are gifts from God.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "The perquisites of this job include health insurance and a performance bonus.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plural",
          "plural"
        ],
        [
          "monetary",
          "monetary"
        ],
        [
          "incidental",
          "incidental"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "salary",
          "salary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After the wonderful service that evening he didn’t hesitate in laying a substantial perquisite on the table.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim', ch 5",
          "text": "One voyage, I recollect, I tipped him a live sheep out of the remnant of my sea-stock: not that I wanted him to do anything for me—he couldn’t, you know—but because his childlike belief in the sacred right to perquisites quite touched my heart."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gratuity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gratuity",
          "gratuity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Private jets and motor yachts are perquisites of the rich.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1962, Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd edition, page 160:",
          "text": "Why is progress a perquisite reserved almost exclusively for the activities we call science?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "privilege",
          "privilege"
        ],
        [
          "possession",
          "possession"
        ],
        [
          "exclusively",
          "exclusively"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɜɹkwəzɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "parquisite"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dopǎlnitelen dohod",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "допълнителен доход"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "benefici"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "extralegaal voordeel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "supplementair inkomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "word": "etuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gratification"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "émolument"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vergünstigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Extra"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zusatzleistung"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dodatkowa korzyść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "benefício"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bônus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lʹgóta",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "льго́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "beneficios"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "obvenciones"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obvención"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emolumento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "benefit beyond salary",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sportler"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bakšiš",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бакшиш"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fooi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "drinkgeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "often in the diminutive",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "extra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "word": "juomaraha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "word": "palveluraha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "don"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cadeau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pourboire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vergütung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čajevýje",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "word": "чаевы́е"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gratuity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "propina"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "voorrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alleenrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "word": "etuoikeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "privilège"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Privileg"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "géras",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γέρας"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "privilégio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privilégija",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "привиле́гия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "privilege",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "privilegio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perquisite"
}

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