APPANAGE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
   Synonym(s)
   • apanage (what does apanage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families
   Hypernyms(s) appanage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • grant (what does grant mean?)
   • assignment (what does assignment mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
   Synonym(s)
   • apanage (what does apanage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use
   Hypernyms(s) appanage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fringe benefit (what does fringe benefit mean?)
   • perquisite (what does perquisite mean?)
   • perk (what does perk mean?)