s as z. [Latin perquisitus, perquiro; per and quoero, to seek.] A fee or pecuniary allowance to an officer for services, beyond his ordinary salary or settled wages; or a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service, in lieu of an annual salary. [The latter is the common acceptation of the word in American.]
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. 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. Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
Supplied with perquisites. [A bad word and not used.]
Supplied with perquisites.
Reward Roget’s Thesaurus §973
N. reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, # guerdon, reguerdon|, price, indemnity, indemnification, quittance, compensation, reparation, redress, satisfaction, reckoning, acknowledgment, requital, amends, sop, atonement, retribution, consideration, return, quid pro quo, salvage, perquisite, vail, douceur, bribe, hush money, smart money|, blackmail, extortion, carcelage|, solatium, allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation, pay, payment, emolument, tribute, batta, shot, scot, bonus, premium, tip, fee, honorarium, hire, dasturi, dustoori, mileage, crown
V. reward, recompense, repay, requite, remunerate, munerate, compensate, fee, pay one's footing, make amends, indemnify, atone, satisfy, acknowledge, get for one's pains, reap the fruits of, tip
Adj. remunerative, remuneratory, munerary, compensatory, retributive, reparatory, rewarding, satisfactory
Phr. fideli certa merces, honor virtutis praemium, tibi seris tibi metis
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