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plural perquisites
(chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary. quotations examples
The tithe properly belongs to the Lord who, in turn, assigns it to the Levites as payments for their sanctuary labors. Thus levitical and priestly perquisites are gifts from God.
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 873
A gratuity. quotations examples
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.
1900', Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, ch 5
A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class. quotations examples
Why is progress a perquisite reserved almost exclusively for the activities we call science?
1962, Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd edition, page 160