[pur-kwuh-zit] 
| 1. | an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over and above regular income, salary, or wages: Among the president's perquisites were free use of a company car and paid membership in a country club. |
| 2. | a gratuity or tip. |
| 3. | something demanded or due as a particular privilege: homage that was once the perquisite of royalty. |
| per·qui·site (pûr'kwĭ-zĭt) n.
[From Middle English perquisites, property acquired otherwise than by inheritance, from Medieval Latin perquīsītum, acquisition, from Latin, neuter past participle of perquīrere, to search diligently for : per-, per- + quaerere, to seek.] |