Bible Dictionaries
Perquisite

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service.

(2):

(n.) Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Perquisite'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/perquisite.html. 1828.