Preference meaning

prĕf'ər-əns, prĕf'rəns
The granting of precedence or advantage to one country or group of countries in levying duties or in other matters of international trade.
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Preference is liking one thing or one person better than others.

An example of preference is when you like peas better than carrots.

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(US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
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The state of being preferred; favor over others.

Applicants who received preference for the job.

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A preferring or being preferred; greater liking.
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The right, power, or opportunity of prior choice or claim.
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Something preferred; one's first choice.
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A debtor’s transferring of property to a creditor in advance of filing a bankruptcy petition, so that the creditor receives more than would have been received under bankruptcy, to the detriment of other creditors.
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The selection of one thing or person over others.
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The option to so select, and the one selected.

Can I keep my preferences when I upgrade to the new version of this application?

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The state of being preferred over others.
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A strong liking or personal valuation.
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Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
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Origin of preference

  • Middle English preferraunce preferment from Old French preference from preferer to prefer prefer
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Preference Sentence Examples

  • Their dates had been modest, but was that by preference, or because he had limited funding?

  • where he took the first prize in mathematics and physics; at the Ecole Polytechnique, where he stood first at the exit examination in 1819; and at the Ecole des Mines (1819-1822), where he began to show a decided preference for the science with which his name is associated.

  • By preference the Andamanese are exogamous as regards sept and endogamous as regards tribe.

  • He had an extraordinary memory, well stored with scientific knowledge, both modern and historical, a cool and impartial judgment, and a strong preference for facts as against theory of the speculative kind.

  • The rivers on the east coast are practically the only highways, the Malays always travelling by boat in preference to walking, but they serve their purpose very indifferently, and their great beauty is their chief claim to distinction.

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