Perk \Perk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perking}.] [Cf. W. percu to trim, to make smart.] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head. --Cowper. Sherburne.
Perk \Perk\, v. i. To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily. ``To perk over them.'' --Barrow.
{To perk it}, to carry one's self proudly or saucily. --Pope.
Perk \Perk\, a. Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain. ``Perk as a peacock.'' --Spenser.
Perk \Perk\, v. i. To peer; to look inquisitively. --Dickens.
In one small but particularly unpopular gesture, he eliminated the Secretary's Day perk of sending each secretary in the tobacco unit a dozen roses.
For most company executives it is simply a perk and an economically inefficient perk at that, in that it distorts and diminishes choice.
For most company executives it is simply a perk and an economically inefficient perk at that, in that it distorts and diminishes choice.
For him, it's a company perk, the kind of service offered State Department bureaucrats, professional hockey players, and a growing number of other Americans.
Baker was unable to perk up the negotiations during his meetings in Moscow with Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze.
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IN A company where cars are a mere perk, the time and energy spent on them is hidden in overheads.
He also lets workers vent steam through an elaborate grievance procedure and, as a perk, fly free in empty cockpit seats.
The only perk provided exclusively for higher management is company cars, and he has mixed feelings about that.
"The idea is to attract the most qualified and able people that exist in this world," says William W. Warrick, a senior vice president of American Express Co., which provides both the legacy perk and stock options.
So I reached the conclusion that an executive dining room is no more of a perk than having a parking spot in the garage.
If the economy fails to perk up soon, the Federal Reserve System will face intense pressure to reduce interest rates.
Be prepared to pay bribes: the perk is a trip to headquarters in the west for travel-hungry Soviet partners who want to do a deal.
And thus they gain an overview Of each and every perk.
If money-supply growth doesn't perk up soon, the Fed may cut interest rates within weeks.
Housing market activity and prices may perk up again in the autumn.
Former U.S. Ambassador Arthur Hartman on Thursday called the Soviet Union "a failed society" and said it may grant some independence to its Baltic republics to perk up the country's economy and to satisfy national aspirations.
'You could just put a note in with employees' pay slips that a scheme exists.' While employees may have been given little encouragement as a result of the change, executives have since had much of the attraction of the perk to them wiped out, too.
They must be feeling pretty flat in Newmarket after seeing the latest official perk granted to South Africa's small but influential racing industry.
Donations pick up in his home state of Arizona, and new moves are planned to try to perk up money-raising nationally.
The drop in last month's retail-sales data revived speculation that the Federal Reserve will soon loosen its grip on credit to perk up a sluggish economy.
But Mr. Barlage said if stocks slump a bit in the summer, it could be a buying opportunity for investors because he expects both orders and the stocks to perk up again in the fall.
Rather, it's an informally accepted perk that few new employers question.
"One perk of being a songwriter is exorcising your feelings as they come along," he said. "And people can exorcise theirs as they listen too." He wrote it on Christmas Eve as he sat alone at home before gathering with family members.