perquisite
Example Sentences
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Emoluments, in constitutional law, are “any perquisite, advantage, or profit arising from the possession of an office.”
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2024
The scraps are absolutely the baker’s perquisite, but feel free to share if someone offers to wash the cake pan.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022
James Stephens, from Biteback publishing, also points out that power is not a perquisite for writing a good memoir.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2020
This misunderstanding may arise because traditional breeding practices do not require sophisticated laboratory equipment or any knowledge of genetics, which some may see as a perquisite for genetic modification.
From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018
“It’s the one perquisite allowed to the host, isn’t it, Frank?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
