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

2 senses of perquisite

Sense 1
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")
       => benefit -- (financial assistance in time of need)

Sense 2
prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right -- (a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males")
       => right -- (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away")

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