(chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
The perquisites of this job include health insurance and a performance bonus.
A gratuity.
After the wonderful service that evening he didn’t hesitate in laying a substantial perquisite on the table.
One voyage, I recollect, I tipped him a live sheep out of the remnant of my sea-stock: not that I wanted him to do anything for me—he couldn’t, you know—but because his childlike belief in the sacred right to perquisites quite touched my heart.
A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.
Private jets and motor yachts are perquisites of the rich.