Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perquisite

/ˈpɜɹkwəzɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: per-qui-site
IPA: /ˈpɜɹkwəzɪt/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.

noun

noun

A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.

Example Sentences

"The perquisites of this job include health insurance and a performance bonus."
"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."
"After the wonderful service that evening he didn’t hesitate in laying a substantial perquisite on the table."
"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."
"Private jets and motor yachts are perquisites of the rich."
"Why is progress a perquisite reserved almost exclusively for the activities we call science?"

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin perquīsītum (“something acquired for profit”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɜɹkwəzɪt/
British English: /ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt/

Inflected Forms

perquisites (plural) parquisite (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

perquisited

Frequently Paired Words

prerequisite

Synonyms

prerogative privilege exclusive right fringe benefit perk

Questions

How do you pronounce perquisite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɜɹkwəzɪt/.
What does perquisite mean?: Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
Where does perquisite come from?: Borrowed from Medieval Latin perquīsītum (“something acquired for profit”).

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