Posted on 01/05/2006 5:17:29 AM PST by secret garden
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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
perquisite \PUR-kwuh-zit\, noun
1. A profit or benefit in addition to a salary or wages.
2. Broadly: The benefits of a position or office.
3. A gratuity or tip for services performed.
4. Anything to which someone has or claims the sole right.
Example sentence:
In a tight market for skilled labor... corporations are increasingly buying homes for hot new hires -- a perquisite once reserved for top executives.
--Jennie James, "For Many Europeans, There's No Place Like Home," Time, May 8, 2000
Etymology: Perquisite derives from Medieval Latin perquisitum, from the past participle of Latin perquirere, "to search for eagerly," from per-, "through, thoroughly" + quaerere, "to seek." In Middle English it meant "property acquired by means other than inheritance." By 1565 it had acquired the sense "fringe benefit"; by 1721 it had also come to signify "a tip or gratuity."
Synonyms: benefit, fringe benefit, gravy, perk, reward.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
She's a pittastrophe.
Any chance to make a joke about Chappaquidick Fats is worthwhile.
Without a doubt!!!!
That's worth an A, you evil dentist you. ;)
I'm baaaack-
Moonbat Cindy wants to have
Another 15 minutes of fame
She can't cope with the fact that
Most have forgotten her name
Queen Hillary stole her limelight
Which stopped her perquisites, as well
Now Cindy is in Hawaii hoping someone
Will buy the story she has to sell
I hope she gets kicked to the curb
And her handlers close the door
On further any further attention
For this has-been media whore
Well what's Frist going to do? Frown at them until the capitulate?
What a bunch of jokes.
*** sigh ***
We all need to pitch in and send Frist a set of those neuticles some pet owners fit their neutered show dogs with-maybe it will remind him that he is supposed to have a REAL set and needs to let the 'rats know it, poste haste.
i do NOT get it, i don't get why they won't STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT, as my dad used to say!
A+. I believe she is still feeding from her bleeding heart liberal gravy train of perquisites if she's annoying us from Hawaii.
They better start this one on time. It's already been delayed too long. We need Sandy Baby, front row and center, asking why the evil democrats won't let this old lady retire already???
In other news, I'm at a loss for dinner. What are you fixing tonight?
chicken and fries here. i am bone tired and this is a guaranteed winner with xskids.
We had breakfast for dinner.........french toast, scrapple, and grits.
It was the plan - because I wanted something quick and easy to fix when we got home from grocery shopping.
I ate enough fried food last night at the lodge...and let's not go into how much more of it I cooked.........that I can live without anything fried for a few months :)
we always have prime rib when we go to the moose....... :)
ROFL!!!!!!!!
The special last night was meatloaf and mashed potatoes.....unfortunately I was manning the deep fryers and did most of the cooking :)
OMG, bill-O was just reading a slam from the mailbag - he is sending the guy a case of koolaid.......ROTFLMAO !!!!!!! It's been a rough day, I needed the laugh.
Sorry you've had a rough day. I don't have the TV on........I had enough TV after 2 days without my internet radio.
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