Perquisite
(noun)
- A benefit or privilege that is in addition to one's salary or wages.
- A right or privilege that is considered as an addition to one's salary or wages.
Origin:
From latin perquisitus "obtained by asking", from perquirere "to ask for".
Examples:
- The company car was a perquisite of the job.
- The perquisite of the job was the use of the company's vacation house.
- The executives had many perquisites that the regular employees didn't have.
- He considered the free gym membership a perquisite of the job.
- The perquisite of the job was a flexible schedule.