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!
yeah well bilingue doesn't mean two tongues, if that's what you were thinking!
Clinton used every possible perquisite
The worst to be prez? Oh, that jerk was it
He got cash for his pardons
And trash for his hardons
A bent willie ain't just a quirk, is it?
They only have about 7 long-haired kids there. I would think shorter hair would be more comfortable, considering how sweaty they get. Don't most NHL guys have pretty short hair or is it just our team? I thnk it's funny how quickly that Boston player got his hair cut when he became a Yankee. Stein's rules are tied to paychecks there.
A+ Truthie!
A for Robert! Wasn't it painful not knowing who to root for last night?
Hi ti!
Cute goalie. He looks like my first HS boyfriend!
it is a HS thing, not pro hockey, and it is just a teenage identity thing when you come down to it.
Best would have been triple double quadruple overtimes ending in a 0-0 tie with all 98 players on the injured reserve list, and the fans out there trying field goals.
And reaalllllllllllllllly dislike both teams.
Hmmm, where's your mind this morning? DON"T ANSWER!!! In the very literal translation, from it's latin roots, it does mean 2 tongues.
:-)
A perquisite of the president
is to be the White House resident.
So the daring duo seek another chance,
to star in another oval office dance.
During their 8 years they sought too many more perks,
and behaved like a couple of idiot jerks.
Bj kept many harlots undercover,
while leaving healthcare under PIAPS power.
Now they seek to return to the scene of the crime,
and live again on the taxpayers' dime.
2008 will be her election,
bj already has an erection.
On White House china they seek to feast,
and make this the land of the hildebeast.
It takes a village is what she wrote,
but she can't keep her own house afloat.
So times marches on to election day
and there she is in the thick of the fray.
The crusty old pantsuit is back to the fore,
floating her healthcare fiasco once more.
Every man, woman and child needs to raise up their fist
and tell them how they are really pissed.
Today is my Miss Ava day.........always a red letter day here. :^)
One of the attractions we studiously managed to avoid during our recent Vegas voyage.
Some things really just should remain secret.
now that is just WRONG to put SG and seigfried and roy in the same title!!!
Hmmm, probing the depths of Secret Garden on vaca? With the Mrs. no less?
is that scott peterson????
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