meaning of perquisite
1. Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.
2. Things gotten by a mans own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
3. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group especially a hereditary or official right; "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult
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