01 n. Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; -- examples are, a fee…
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Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; -- examples are, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service; the use of a company automobile or other company property.“The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded as the perquisite of the soldiers.” — Prescott.“The best perquisites of a place are the advantages it gaves a man of doing good.” — Addison.
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Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.(Law)
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