perquisite

1. 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”

   Synonymsfringe benefitperk

   Broaderbenefit

   Narrowerappanagegratuity
2. 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”

   Synonymsprerogativeprivilegeexclusive right

   Broaderright

   Narrowereasementprivilege of the floor

Other forms of perquisite

plural

perquisites·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about perquisite

What does perquisite mean?

perquisite means "an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in perquisite?

perquisite has 3 syllables: perq-ui-site. The stress falls on "perq". In IPA it is /ˈpɝkwəzɪt/.

What is another word for perquisite?

Close synonyms include fringe benefit, perk, prerogative, privilege, exclusive right. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perquisite a common word?

perquisite is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.