PERQUISITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perquisite mean? 

• PERQUISITE (noun)
  The noun PERQUISITE has 2 senses:

1. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)

2. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

  Familiarity information: PERQUISITE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERQUISITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

fringe benefit; perk; perquisite

Context example:

a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job

Hypernyms ("perquisite" is a kind of...):

benefit (financial assistance in time of need)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perquisite"):

apanage; appanage (any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life)

backsheesh; baksheesh; bakshis; bakshish; gratuity; pourboire; tip (a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

exclusive right; perquisite; prerogative; privilege

Context example:

suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males

Hypernyms ("perquisite" is a kind of...):

right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perquisite"):

easement ((law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land))

privilege of the floor (the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session)