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perquisites
 
Noun perquisite has 2 senses
  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"
    --1 is a kind of benefit
    --1 has particulars:
     appanage, apanage; gratuity, tip, pourboire, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh
  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"
    --2 is a kind of right
    --2 has particulars: easement; privilege of the floor
perposive perposterous perppetrated perprated perpteual perpurtrator perquin perquisite perquisites perred perreneals perrenial perrenials perrennial perrinnialism perro perrogative

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