PER'QUISITE, n. s as z. [L.perquisitus, perquiro; per and quoero, to See K.] A fee or pecuniary allowance to an officer for services, beyond his ordinary salary or settled wages; or a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service, in lieu of an annual salary. [The latter is the common acceptation of the word in American.]
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