Perquisite

Definition: Perquisite

Perquisite

Noun

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".

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "perquisite" was first used: 1450. (references)

Etymology: Perquisite \Per"qui*site\, noun. [Latin expression perquisitum, from perquisitus, past participle of perquirere to ask for diligently; per quaerere to seek. See Per-, and Quest.]. (references)

Synonyms: Perquisite

Reward

Salvage, perquisite; vail; (donation).

Crosswords: Perquisite

Albanian

prerogativë (prerogative, privilege), përfitim (advantage, benefit, good, percentage, perk, profit), bakshish (baksheesh, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip). (various references)

Arabic 

‏علاوة (allowance, bonus, increase, premium), ‏دخل إضافي (perk), ‏بقشيش (baksheesh, douceur, fee, gratuity, tip). (various references)

Bulgarian 

странична печалба, страничен доход, случайна печалба, случаен доход, бакшиш (baksheesh, bakshish, douceur, fee, gratification, gratuity, perks, refresher, tip), прерогатив (prerogative), преимущество (advantage, interest, odds, privilege, superiority, whip hand), право (authorization, claim, clean, directly, due, fair, flush, jurisprudence, jus, law, place, pretension, right, slap, smack, spang, straight, straightway, upright), привилегия (franchise, incident, indulgence, preference, prerogative, privilege, pull, right). (various references)

Chinese 

额外补贴. (various references)

Czech

potřebný (desirable, necessary, needful, needy, required, requisite, wanting), nutný (essential, imperative, indispensable, inescapable, necessary, needful, requisite, urgent). (various references)

Farsi 

چیزاکتسابی(حق.), حاصل (Growth, Harvest, Heir, Outcome, Outgrwth, Product, Result, Resultant, Resume, Upshot, Yield), زحمت وهنرشخصی , عایدی اکتسابی , عایدی اضافه برحقوق . (various references)

French

profit supplémentaire, pourboire, gratification, accessoires de rémunération, émolument, � -côté. (various references)

German

Vergütung (abatement, coating, compensation, discount, emolument, payment, rebate, recompense, refund, refunding, reimbursement, remuneration, salary, tempering). (various references)

Greek 

έκτακτοσ αμοιβή, επιμίσθιο. (various references)

Hebrew 

זכות מיוח�"ת (peculiar, prerogative), �"כ� ס�" צ�"�"ית (income on the side, perk). (various references)

Hungarian

mellékjövedelem (emoluments, perks, side money, supplementary income), mellékkereset (perks, pickings, profits on the side), illetéktelen haszon (perks, plunder, rake off). (various references)

Indonesian

penghasilan tambahan (emoluments). (various references)

Italian

guadagno occasionale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

役得 (emoluments, side benefit). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

やくとく (emoluments, side benefit). (various references)

Korean 

임시수당. (various references)

Pig Latin

erquisitepay.(various references)

Portuguese

privilégio (appurtenance, charter, concession, franchise, liberty, perk, prerogative, privelege, privilege, right), gratificação (baksheesh, bakshish, beer money, douceur, reward), empregado (appointed, clerk, door's-man, employee, menial, porter, servant, shop assistant, waiter), emolumentos (due). (various references)

Romanian

indemnizaţie specialã, câştig suplimentar, bacşiş (baksheesh, douceur, gratification, gratuity, tip). (various references)

Russian 

льгота (exemption), прерогатива (prerogative), преимущество (advantage, advantages, bargaining chip, bargaining counter, better hand, jump, odds, pas, point, start, superiority, vantage, whip handle), приработок, привилегия (charter, exemption, franchise, privilege), побочный доход. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sporedna zgrada (outbuilding, outhouse), napojnica (bakhshish, douceur, fee, gratuity, tip), isključivo pravo. (various references)

Spanish

propina (bakhsheesh, baksheesh, douceur, gratification, gratuity, gravamen, tip), gratificación (bakhsheesh, baksheesh, bounty, gratification, gratuity, indulgence, meed, reward, tip), ganancia extra. (various references)

Swedish

uteslutande privilegium, naturaförmån, extra slant, extra förmån. (various references)

Turkish

tip (bakhshish, baksheesh, bugger, cast, codger, cuss, customer, cut, guy, ilk, job, Johnny, norm, number, perk, person, pourboire, sort, specimen, style, tip, type, vintage), maaştan hariç kazanılan para (perk), ikramiye (bonus, bounty, gratification, gratuity, perk, plum, premium, prize, sweepstake), ek ödeme (excess cost, extra pay, gratification, perk, supplementary payment). (various references)

Ukrainian

чайові (fee, gratuity, tip), приробіток (perk), привілей (charter, exemption, franchise, indulgence, patent, prerogative, privilege). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiền thù lao thêm vật hưởng thừa, bổng lộc. (various references)

perquisitum. (various references)

perquisitum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "perquisite": perquisites. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Perquisite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pequisite, perequisite, perquisire, Pertusato, prequisite. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: requisite.

-2 letters: equities, periques, purities, quieters, quipster, reequips, requites.

-3 letters: equites, esquire, perique, pestier, pieties, piquets, pitiers, queries, querist, quester, quieter, reequip, reputes, request, requite, respite, tipsier.

-4 letters: equips, erupts, esprit, euripi, peruse, pester, peters, piques, piquet, pitier, pities, preset, priest, purees, purest, purist, queers, quiets, quires, quirts, repute, resite, reties, retuse, ripest, risque.

+1 letter: perquisites.

+2 letters: prerequisite.

+3 letters: prerequisites.

+4 letters: superqualities.