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!
Good morning!
Here is my example with WFTD.
One of Senator Grassley's perquisites of office is the ability to shine a light on the Barrett Report and demand it be made public in all its vainglory. If not him, it will be a gut chack on Frist and Hastert. Frist has the most to win or lose here.
moaning.
In before the ping!
pig farmer with a flashlight : )
Within seconds of the ping!
So he should know how to raise a stink, shouldn't he?
Morning!
that, and he loves a whistleblower situation, has spent his entire career on protecting whistleblowers, which is all about bringing the dark stuff to light.
Rounding out the top 3! Hi Gabz!
Morning SG......
Did you notice how my "friend" dumped me right back in to the plagarizer's state????????
I could sure use a Hawaiian vacation as a perquisite right about now.
mergning
I wish Frist wan't a eunuch.
where is Mr. Mahoning? must be SLEEPING under his new lights????
Good Morning SG!
hey, me too! let me grab my towel and i will be there!
morning honeybunny.
I missed it. Resist the urge to travel back to that teeny little inconsequential state. ;)
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