perquisite

perquisite is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 23 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.
2. noun. Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
3. noun. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)

   "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"

   Synonyms: prerogative, privilege

4. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: perk

Synonyms

prerogative, privilege, perk

Common word forms

perquisites

Words from these letters

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