perquisite
per·qui·site
noun
1.
an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)
- “a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job”
2.
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
- “suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males”
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin perquīsītum (“something acquired for profit”).
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