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[KejciorF]

Hi everybody,

1. What is the difference between 'fringe benefits' and 'perks'?

2. What does "We should stage a GO-SLOW" mean?

3. Does this word exist and what does it mean? DELAYER

TIA,

Kate.

[Mister Micawber]

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As extra benefits of a job, they are essentially synonymous. I would suggest that perks (perquisites) are usually more formally associated with the job, and are often indicated in the advertisement or at the interviews, while fringe benefits are often those benefits more casually acquired. That may be my personal perception only, however.

A go-slow could be either an intentional slowing of activities by workers as part of an effort to have demands met, or it could be simply a careful and slow step-by-step pursuit of an activity. Since your context uses staged, it is probably the former.

Delayer is in the dictionaries; have a LOOK HERE.
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