perquisite
noun /ˈpɜːkwɪzɪt/
/ˈpɜːrkwɪzɪt/
(formal)- (also perk)[usually plural] something you receive as well as your wages for doing a particular job
- perquisite (of somebody) something to which somebody has a special right because of their social position
- Politics used to be the perquisite of the property-owning classes.
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin perquisitum ‘acquisition’, from Latin perquirere ‘search diligently for’, from per- ‘thoroughly’ + quaerere ‘seek’.