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Meanings of perk in English

Catalan
ajut
Spanish
ayuda

An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right)

ajut
Catalan
reanimar-se

Gain or regain energy.

reanimar-se
Usage of perk in English
1
Try search out one or two to try perk up your home.
The South African
2
Another 4 percent even offer fully paid sabbaticals as a juicy perk.
Reuters
3
Once their idea of a perk was a few drinks at Christmas.
The Irish Times
4
Don't get the idea that this is some kind of a perk.
Calamity jayne
5
Andy forgot his personal embarrassment and began to perk up his ears.
The Happy Family
6
The bidder's management may see this as a perk of being diversified.
Reuters
7
No wonder it can perk you up when you're feeling run down!
Wired
8
Perhaps the confessions of this woman would perk it up a bit.
A Confederacy of Dunces
9
Sometimes he would seem to perk up for a Day or two.
Ade's Fables
10
Diane began to perk up as soon as she took a bite.
Gunn's golden rules
11
While Mr. Coffee cranked up to perk, I turned on the TV.
Flash and Bones
12
Come, Prudence, perk thy red lips into more reasonable and comforting words.
The Knight of the Golden Melice: A Historical Romance
13
Will you have a little Scotch to perk you up a bit?
The Man on the Box
14
But a glimpse or two does perk them up, the poor lambs.'
The penelopiad
15
Soon, there may be a new must-have perk: the sneeze guard.
The Irish Times
16
Workers at a local brewery got free beer as a perk.
Wired
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Translations for perk
Spanish
ayuda
Perk through the time
Perk across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common