Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun apanage

2 senses of apanage

Sense 1
appanage, apanage -- (any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use")
       => fringe benefit, perquisite, perk -- (an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job")

Sense 2
appanage, apanage -- (a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families")
       => grant, assignment -- ((law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance)