perquisite

== English == === Alternative forms === parquisite (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin perquīsītum (“something acquired for profit”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɜɹkwəzɪt/ Hyphenation: per‧qui‧site === Noun === perquisite (plural perquisites) (chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary. A gratuity. 1900', Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, ch 5: 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. A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class. ==== Usage notes ==== Commonly abbreviated as perq or perk. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === W. Martin with G[uy] A. J. Tops, et al. (1998), Van Dale Groot Woordenboek Engels–Nederlands [Van Dale Great Dictionary, English–Dutch], 3rd edition, volume I, Utrecht; Antwerp: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== perquisite inflection of perquisire: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== perquisite f pl feminine plural of perquisito == Latin == === Participle === perquīsīte vocative masculine singular of perquīsītus === References === “perquisite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers