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fringe benefit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fringe benefit
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ If a fringe benefit is not excluded from income, then a value has to be placed on it.
▪ The fringe benefit is visible; it gives status; it differentiates.
Wiktionary
fringe benefit

n. A benefit received in addition to the normal benefits of holding a job, or, by extension, any relationship to the source of the benefit.

WordNet
fringe benefit

n. an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job" [syn: perquisite, perk]

Usage examples of "fringe benefit".

There were no energy buoys to flail them this time - a fringe benefit of pressing the enemy so hard - but there were sufficient mines to delay the light cruisers which survived transit.

There were no energy buoys to flail them this time -- a fringe benefit of pressing the enemy so hard -- but there were sufficient mines to delay the light cruisers which survived transit.

That was another fringe benefit of the initial survey: the identification of suitable places for more leisurely entry.

Since no economic or social reason exists for this depression, and it is cyclical by the day, and steadfast by the year, I conjecture that it is a fringe benefit of my mild diabetes.

As a fringe benefit of being here between the end of cross country skiing season and the beginning of hiking, the animals weren't all that wary, since they didn't expect humans along.

It's a little something I just happen to be able to do as a little fringe benefit to being a master of disguise.

The fact that it also kept my mind and hands occupied was a fringe benefit.

As a fringe benefit of the system, if we send mass all the way to the end of the beanstalk, far beyond geostationary orbit, then we will also have a free launch system.