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

"A gas scarcity situation" is the perquisite to impose the levy, which the government has already determined with falling Russian gas flows, the draft law showed.

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2022

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

“It’s the one perquisite allowed to the host, isn’t it, Frank?”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier