英语词汇perk的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	perk
词源	perk. Perk is simply shorthand for perquisite, meaning a ben- efit received by an employee beyond his or her salary and standard fringe benefits. Perks range from a key to the execu- tive washroom to a key to a company car. The expression prob- ably dates from the 1960s.
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