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perquisite Definition


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perquisite
noun
    1. A perk2.
    2. A customary tip expected on some occasions.
    3. Something regarded as due to one by right.
Etymology: 18c in sense 2; 15c in obsolete legal sense of ‘property acquired other than by inheritance': from Latin perquisitum something acquired.



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