It keeps up a good spirit, and is one of my own little perquisites. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
The Finance (No 2) Act, 2009, reintroduced stock incentives as 'perquisite' in the hands of employees. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
Lombard Kings, which was also an imperial perquisite. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
Poor, weak, foolish woman! she took them as her perquisite. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 563, August 25, 1832] Reference
Trade, too, looked upon the foreigner as her perquisite, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
So, put simply, the right education is a perquisite for success. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2009] Reference
The porter regarding same as his perquisite abstracted and hid it. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
And in this, perhaps, we find the origin of our word "perquisite.". From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851] Reference
The body politic becomes resigned to corruption as a perquisite of power. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Bergman: The Obama Manifesto] Reference
This was, however, a perquisite and one of the tolerated pleasures of old age. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
The dead men's clothes were his perquisite, and now was his time to claim them. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
The sum collected is at present the perquisite of M. Sagrista and the two principal. From Wordnik.com. [The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome] Reference
Crosby asked him, using the diminutive, which was a perquisite of her long service. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
Salazar has said a fully operational system wasn't a perquisite for lifting the ban. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Looking At Ending Deepwater Drilling Moratorium] Reference
The only laws they are good at making are those that preserve their privilege and perquisite. From Wordnik.com. [Who is ruling Pakistan?] Reference
Chinese philosophy stresses the importance of stability as a perquisite to forward advancement. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Doctoroff: Human Rights in China: What Consumer Behavior Reveals] Reference
It must be understood, of course, that the average mercenary looks upon loot as his perquisite. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenaries Of Gor]
Mahars, who took it as their natural perquisite, and did not think it necessary to wait for leave. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
Ruth felt timidly out for her sweet dignity; the perquisite and recompense of exquisite refinement. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
Honor, (p. 833), says, "The hides of the burnt-offerings proved a rich perquisite of the priesthood.". From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
The command of the boats, when sent away from a man-of-war, is the perquisite of the first lieutenant. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
"Well, dear one, I would be sure of it if they could only see the perquisite that goes along with me.". From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
The only perquisite, it seems, is there are a large number of people gathered in the one place -- Soledad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2005] Reference
He somehow thought of marriage as the perquisite of old people, like his parents, and King Trent, and Humfrey. From Wordnik.com. [Centaur Aisle]
A genuine sportsman claims nothing but the ivory and tail, the latter being universally a perquisite of the king. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Independence, an indemnity of twenty millions of money, and a perquisite in the shape of Natal for the Transvaal. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
The camel-men who skinned it tried to keep the head as their perquisite, but Matthaios secured it and put it in our soup. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
But during the holiday recess something happened that bade fair to deprive Ruth and her friends of their special perquisite. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
But, Sir, formerly, you must know, the dresses, after being six months exhibited, became a perquisite of ours; we sold them. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number)] Reference
The bleeding head is carried off into the shrine to be laid before the image of the goddess, and become the temple perquisite. From Wordnik.com. [New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments] Reference
Wealthy officials and businessmen seek out dalliances with attractive young women as a perquisite -- and measure -- of their riches. From Wordnik.com. [Second Wives Club] Reference
A woman who combines these qualifications commands very high wages, and expects, as her perquisite, her mistress's cast-off dresses. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
In his 30 years in the House of Representatives, Foley amassed tons of seniority and grabbed every personal perquisite he could find. From Wordnik.com. [Stevens Makes Term Limits Look Good Again] Reference
He had lost his guinea on the day of the hunt, the guinea which would have been his perquisite had they found a live fox in his wood. From Wordnik.com. [The American Senator] Reference
The weakness of this system of government by family connection lay in its thorough dependence upon customs of patronage and perquisite. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars Between England and America] Reference
I am not disposed to dispute their right; for even if they were the perquisite of the housekeeper, I am convinced that she would not get. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 563, August 25, 1832] Reference
"To find someone of that caliber, a perquisite would be to be the sole one in control," says Gregory Melich, an analyst at Morgan Stanley. From Wordnik.com. [Sears CEO Departs,] Reference
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