Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Perquisite \Per"qui*site\, n. [L. perquisitum, fr. perquisitus,
p. p. of perquirere to ask for diligently; per + quaerere to
seek. See {Per-}, and {Quest}.]
1. 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.
Syn: perk.
[1913 Webster + PJC]
The pillage of a place taken by storm was regarded
as the perquisite of the soldiers. --Prescott.
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The best perquisites of a place are the advantages
it gaves a man of doing good. --Addison.
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2. pl. (Law) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or
purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which
come to him by descent. --Mozley & W.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perquisite
n 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" [syn:
{fringe benefit}, {perquisite}, {perk}]
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" [syn: {prerogative},
{privilege}, {perquisite}, {exclusive right}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย