perquisites

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Buckingham Palace made clear last month that there was no way his honorary titles or perquisites would be restored, even if he prevailed in a trial.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022

Set in the fictional Kershaw University — described in a Times review as “only 200 years younger than Harvard” — the novel skewered the academic world, its denizens and their perquisites.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2020

Williams, 66, who was president from 2014 to 2018, is a former welder and by most accounts a committed progressive but also a man susceptible to the perquisites of power.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2019

Among the perquisites of youth is blissful ignorance.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2019

Those engaged in the development and manufacture of weapons of mass destruction are given salaries, perquisites of power and, where possible, public honors at the highest levels available in their respective societies.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan