Meaning

3 senses
  1. (informal)Perquisite.

    Free coffee is one of the perks of the job.

    Vorteil, Privileg, Vergünstigung

    привилегияprivilegija, льготаlʹgota, преимуществоpreimuščestvo

  2. A bonus ability that a player character can acquire; a permanent power-up.

  3. A percolator, particularly of coffee.

More definitions
  • an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)

Examples

30 sentences
  1. Have you told Tom about the perks?

  2. Tom will perk up.

    ruТом воспрянет духом. — odexed

  3. It's a perk of the job.

  4. There aren't any more perks now.

    deEs gibt keine Vergünstigungen mehr. — GuidoW

  5. Joining the military has its perks.

Translations

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Origin

Clipping of perquisite. Clipping of percolate (verb) and percolator (noun).

Clipping of perquisite.

Clipping of percolate (verb) and percolator (noun).

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Forms

plural: perks
Singularperk
Pluralperks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right):fringe benefitperquisite

Word family

1 related words
Derivedperkish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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