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Preferability
Preferability Pref`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness.
--J. S. Mill.
Preferableness
Preferableness Pref"er*a*ble*ness, n.
The quality or state of being preferable.
Preferably
Preferably Pref"er*a*bly, adv.
In preference; by choice.
To choose Plautus preferably to Terence. --Dennis.
Preferential
Preferential Pref`er*en"tial, a.
Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as,
a preferential claim; preferential shares.
Preferential voting
Preferential voting Preferential voting (Political Science)
A system of voting, as at primaries, in which the voters are
allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference
(usually their first and second choices) between two or more
candidates for an office, so that if no candidate receives a
majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest
number of first and second choices together in nominated or
elected.
Preferment
Preferment Pre*fer"ment, n.
1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen;
preference. [R.]
Natural preferment of the one . . . before the
other. --Sir T.
Browne.
2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office;
the state of being advanced; promotion.
Neither royal blandishments nor promises of valuable
preferment had been spared. --Macaulay.
3. A position or office of honor or profit; as, the
preferments of the church.
Preferrer
Preferrer Pre*fer"rer, n.
One who prefers.
Meaning of Prefer from wikipedia
- used in
relation to
choosing between alternatives. For example,
someone prefers A over B if they
would rather choose A than B.
Preferences are central...
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Preferred may
refer to:
Chase Sapphire Preferred, a
credit card
Preferred frame, in physics, a
special hypothetical frame of
reference Preferred number...
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes may
refer to: "Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes", a 1922 song by
Irving Berlin Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel), a 1925
novel by Anita...
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Preferred stock (also
called preferred shares,
preference shares, or
simply preferreds) is a
component of
share capital that may have any
combination of...
- task
required of him,
responding to any
request with the
words "I
would prefer not to." The
story likely takes place between 1848 and 1853,
during the...
- You'd
Prefer an
Astronaut is the
third studio album by the
American alternative rock band Hum,
released on
April 11, 1995, by RCA
Records as
their major...
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953
American musical comedy film
directed by
Howard Hawks and
written by
Charles Lederer. The film is
based on the 1949...
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Fauvism (/foʊvɪzəm/ FOH-viz-əm) is a
style of
painting and an art
movement that
emerged in
France at the
beginning of the 20th century. It was the style...
- Some
Prefer Nettles (蓼喰う虫, Tade kū mushi,
Historical orthography: 蓼喰ふ蟲) is a 1929
novel by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was
first published in 1928–9 as a newspaper...
- Laplanders, but
these terms are
regarded as
offensive by the Sámi, who
prefer their own endonym, e.g.
Northern Sámi Sápmi.
Their traditional languages...
