apanage

Plural: apanages

Noun

• A natural accompaniment or perquisite.
• any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
• a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
• A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
• A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position; an accompaniment.

Verb

• To confer an apanage upon.

Examples

• A strong vocabulary is the apanage of any great Scrabble champion.

Synonyms

appanage