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privilege Definition

privi·lege (priv′ə lij, priv′lij)

noun

  1. a right, advantage, favor, or immunity specially granted to one; esp., a right held by a certain individual, group, or class, and withheld from certain others or all others
  2. a basic civil right, guaranteed by a government
  3. an option, as a put or call, to buy or sell a stock

Etymology: OFr < L privilegium, an exceptional law for or against any individual < privus, private + lex (gen. legis), law: see legal

transitive verb -·leged, -·leg·ing

  1. to grant a privilege or privileges to
  2. to grant special favored status to

privilege Synonyms

privilege

n.

  1. A customary concession

    due, perquisite, prerogative; see right 1.

  2. An opportunity

    chance, fortunate happening, event; see opportunity 1.

privilege Law Definition

n

An advantage that is not enjoyed by everyone; a special exemption, immunity, or legal right granted to a person or a class of persons; an exception.

privilege Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • sanctuary: Whether the hospital had any ground for the claims it made to privilege of sanctuary in 1403 it is impossible to say.
  • membership: The Annual is no longer available in the shops or for ordering online - it is now purely a privilege of membership.

Converse of object

  • confer: He said: " The chance to serve society confers a privilege all its own.
  • enjoy: There are no privileges enjoyed by a certain caste or group enabling them to do whatever they like, be they kings or monks.
  • grant: Of these, cultural studies is granted a certain privilege here.
  • afford: Stephanie was a scholarship girl who utterly abused the privileges afforded her by the generosity of the Governors.
  • assign: Owners, managers or even auditors can also be assigned review privileges.
  • accord: Recognition provides all the privileges accorded to cadet forces but without the money!

Adjective modifier

  • superuser: You will also need superuser privileges to see this informa- tion on sockets you don't own.
  • qualified: The Telegraph is pleading in its defense qualified privilege.
  • parliamentary: The King's breach of Parliamentary privilege did great political damage to his cause.
  • dubious: When Jackass arrived in Blighty Russell was afforded the dubious privilege of promoting it for MTV UK.
  • legal: Paragraph 10: Covers personal data in respect of which legal professional privilege could be claimed.
  • inestimable: WILLIAM R. HUNTINGTON We do not value as we ought our inestimable privilege of being allowed to worship God.

Noun used with modifier

  • item-level: You must be logged on as a page owner or as an authorized user with the appropriate page or item-level privileges.
  • borrowing: Failure to do so will result in a 7-day suspension of overnight borrowing privileges.
  • administrator: Also, the administrator privileges allow you to be able to directly delete or modify anyone's messages!
  • litigation: It will need to come within one of the two categories of LPP: advice privilege and litigation privilege.
  • root: Using Allegro Some parts of Linux console Allegro need root privileges.
  • admin: A sub admin can grant the same sub admin privileges to another user.