名詞 perquisite:

1. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
   同義詞：fringe benefit, perk
2. a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
   同義詞：prerogative, privilege, exclusive right

1. Perquisites include the use of the company car.
   福利包括可以使用公司的汽車。
2. Politics in Britain used to be the perquisite of the property-owning classes.
   英國(guó)的政治以往是有產(chǎn)階級(jí)的特權(quán)。

per.qui.site

n.（名詞）
A payment or profit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially a benefit expected as one`s due.See Synonyms at right
額外收入，額外利益，津貼：除正常的工資或薪水以外，收到的報(bào)酬或利潤(rùn)，尤指某人期望得到的應(yīng)得利益參見 right
A tip; a gratuity.
小費(fèi)，獎(jiǎng)金
Something claimed as an exclusive right:
特權(quán)：額外的權(quán)利賦予的東西：
例句：
.Politics was the perquisite of the upper class.(Richard B. Sewall)
.參政是上層階級(jí)的特權(quán).(理查德B.休厄爾)

來源：
From Middle English perquisites [property acquired otherwise than by inheritance]
源自 中古英語 perquisites [不是通過繼承而獲得的財(cái)富]
from Medieval Latin perquosotum [acquisition]
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 perquosotum [獲得物]
from Latin [neuter past participle of] perquorere [to search diligently for]
源自 拉丁語 [] perquorere的中性過去分詞 [努力地搜查]
per- [per-]
per- [前綴，表示.通過，透過.等意]
quaerere [to seek]
quaerere [尋找]