perquisite

Example Sentences

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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

As Vogel noted, in this regard, social media and the Internet is a perquisite that is keeping many children from feeling totally disconnected and isolated from friends and family.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2021

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