▪ a thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position: formal"the wife of a president has all the perquisites of stardom"
▪ a thing that has served its primary use and is then given to a subordinate or employee as a customary right.formal
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin perquisitum ‘acquisition’, from Latin perquirere ‘search diligently for’, from per- ‘thoroughly’ + quaerere ‘seek’.
