Monday, 30 November 2009

New and Exciting Words- Part Three

perquisite - fringe benefit. Oftentimes, related to a certain type of employment, e.g. perquisites of the job. (aka perks), form of "non wage compensation". e.g. a perquisite of working in sales is I get to travel to lots of new countries.
headwinds - wind blowing in opposite direction to direction of travel. Bernanke: "The US economy faces considerable headwinds"
cornucopia: "horn of plenty", symbol of abundance
coral necropolis: a place consisting of dead coral skeletons (National Geographic)

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