A benefit, incidental gain or reward; specifically, an expected or promised benefit, privilege, or advantage received in addition to one's normal salary
or wages.
You may not have heard the word perquisite before, but I'll bet you're
familiar with the noun perk, as in the phrase “a job with good perks,”
meaning a job with good benefits and privileges. Just as the word bennies
has today become the popular, informal substitute for benefits, the word
perk was created as a shorter, snappier, and informal synonym for
perquisite.
But unlike benny meaning benefit, which is recent slang and has
yet to make it into a dictionary, perk dates back to the 1820s. Nevertheless,
perk did not appear in an American dictionary until the 1960s, when
Merriam-Webster's Third New International recorded it along with the label
“chiefly British.” Since then, however, perk has become fully standard in
American usage, and because it has retained its informal flavor it is now
more widely used than the original word, perquisite.
Perquisite comes from a Latin noun meaning acquisition, and ultimately
from a Latin verb meaning to ask or search for diligently. In modern usage,
perquisite refers to a benefit or privilege accompanying a position. The
perquisites of a job are the nice things you expect or that have been
promised in addition to your salary. An expense account, a company car, a
commodious office, and a profit-sharing plan all are nice perquisites—if you
can get them.
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perk =perquisite benny = benefit
王二狗Mark
A benefit, incidental gain or reward; specifically, an expected or promised benefit, privilege, or advantage received in addition to one's normal salary or wages. You may not have heard the word perquisite before, but I'll bet you're familiar with the noun perk, as in the phrase “a job with good perks,” meaning a job with good benefits and privileges. Just as the word bennies has today become the popular, informal substitute for benefits, the word perk was created as a shorter, snappier, and informal synonym for perquisite.
王二狗Mark
But unlike benny meaning benefit, which is recent slang and has yet to make it into a dictionary, perk dates back to the 1820s. Nevertheless, perk did not appear in an American dictionary until the 1960s, when Merriam-Webster's Third New International recorded it along with the label “chiefly British.” Since then, however, perk has become fully standard in American usage, and because it has retained its informal flavor it is now more widely used than the original word, perquisite.
王二狗Mark
Perquisite comes from a Latin noun meaning acquisition, and ultimately from a Latin verb meaning to ask or search for diligently. In modern usage, perquisite refers to a benefit or privilege accompanying a position. The perquisites of a job are the nice things you expect or that have been promised in addition to your salary. An expense account, a company car, a commodious office, and a profit-sharing plan all are nice perquisites—if you can get them.