PREFERENCE
\pɹˈɛfɹəns], \pɹˈɛfɹəns], \p_ɹ_ˈɛ_f_ɹ_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of PREFERENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"
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a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
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grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
By Princeton University
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the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake"
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a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
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The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference.
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That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?
By Oddity Software
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A payment made by a debtor to a creditor within a defined period prior to filing for bankruptcy -- within three months for arms-length creditors (regular commercial creditors) and within one year for insider creditors (friends, family members, and business associates). Because a preference gives the creditor who received the payment an edge over other creditors in the bankruptcy case, the trustee can recover the preference (the amount of the payment) and distribute it among all of the creditors.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of preferring; higher estimation; choice.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of preferring, the state of being preferred, or that which is preferred.
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Preferential.
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Preferentially.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of preferring one thing before another ; superior estimation of or love for : election of one thing rather than another ;-state of being preferred ; open or expressed choice ; manifest regard for or attachment ;-that which is preferred ; selection ; choice.
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