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   perquisite

   /ˈpəːkwɪzɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one's job or position: "the perquisites of celebrity are intoxicating"
   • ▪ a thing which has served its primary use and to which a subordinate or employee has a customary right.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin perquisitum ‘acquisition’, from Latin perquirere ‘search diligently for’, from per- ‘thoroughly’ + quaerere ‘seek’.

   Scrabble Points: 21

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