perquisite

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++per·qui·site /ˈpɜːkwəzɪt $ ˈpɜːr-/ noun [countable] formal PAY somebody FOR WORKa perk1 〔工资以外的〕额外收入，津贴

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perquisite• To him an important embassy was a perquisite of birth rather than the culmination of years of painstaking effort.• The right to that appointment was presumably an established perquisite of the chief steward.• Similarly for the United States: incomes, perquisites and public reputation are not dependent on bureau size.• And they coddle reporters in a warm cocoon of perquisites.• Elena shared some of Zhivkov's perquisites of power.• The revenues collected and the perquisites enjoyed by the wardens of the various royal forests show a general similarity.• Name-giving is one of the perquisites of leading exploratory dives to vent sites.• The perquisites were attractive, too.From Longman Business Dictionaryperquisiteper‧qui‧site /ˈpɜːkwəzɪtˈpɜːr-/ noun [countable] formalHUMAN RESOURCES another name for a PERKOrigin perquisite (1700-1800) Medieval Latin past participle of perquirere “to buy, obtain”