Sentence examples for perquisites from inspiring English sources

Moreover, now that business units can keep a share of the profits they contribute, they no longer spend so heavily on perquisites.

In the tradition of the televangelist, that bond has survived its creator's metamorphosis from austere crusader against corruption to a man who clearly enjoys power and its perquisites.

CORPORATE belt-tightening continues to take its toll on the road warrior's meagre perquisites.

The president used the perquisites of his office, including his aircraft, his house and the talents of his pastrycooks, to raise cash; but none of this perverted the course of government.

But most are better described as unilateralists: people who believe that one of the perquisites of power is untrammelled freedom of action on the world scene.

The holdings and perquisites are found not only in the modern county of Cornwall but also in Devon, Somerset, and elsewhere in the southwest of England.

The leaders had to set an example by rejecting the perquisites of a capitalist system and should draw only one salary.

Incorporating such groups as the Cauhans and the Gahadawalas as subcastes and clans, the Rajputs claimed power and perquisites, at least at the local level.

At most, four classes were differentiated: semidivine chiefs (whose Arawakan name, cacique, has come through Spanish into English), who usually enjoyed considerable power and luxury; nobles (usually by descent but sometimes on the basis of wealth or military exploits), whose prestige and perquisites included little political authority; commoners; and often slaves.

He had relied on his political offices to keep himself afloat; nevertheless, he refused to compromise his principles for the sake of his salary and perquisites.

One of the perquisites of the praetorship and the consulship was the government of a province, which gave ample opportunity for plunder.