perk /; AmE / noun, verb

■ noun (also perquisite, formal) [C, usually pl.]

(HR )

something you receive as well as your wages for doing a particular job:

Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance.

There was a long-running dispute over executive perks.

Not having to get up early is just one of the perks of being retired. See note at SALARY

■ verb

PHRASAL VERBS

perk up; perk sth up

to increase, or to make sth increase in value, etc:

Share prices had perked up slightly by close of trading.

Our next task is to perk up sales in Europe.

• subliminal
• submit
• suboptimal
• suboptimization
• subordinate
• subordinated
• subpar
• subpoena
• subrogation
• subscribe
• subscribed
• subscriber
• subscription
• subsidiary
• subsidize
• subsidized
• subsidy
• subsistence
• subsistence allowance
• substance over form
• substantial
• substantially
• substitute
• substitute goods
• substitution effect