PERQUISITE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PERQUISITE, such as:

1. They are rewarded in pay,power and perquisites.
2. The perquisite attached to this job makes it even more attractive than the salary indicates.

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 Meanings and Examples of PERQUISITE
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perquisite
 n.  any gain above stipulated salary; extra payment
Classic Sentence:
1  Men began to pride themselves on having nothing to do with their own government, and to agree tacitly with those who regarded public office as a private perquisite.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  Because the Lord Warden is busily employed at times in fobbing his perquisites; which are his chiefly by virtue of that same fobbing of them.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.
3  As for the chance episcopal perquisites, the fees for marriage bans, dispensations, private baptisms, sermons, benedictions, of churches or chapels, marriages, etc.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
Example Sentence:
1  The perquisite attached to this job makes it even more attractive than the salary indicates.
2  They are rewarded in pay,power and perquisites.