Dictionary entries for 'preference'

Synonyms

pref·er·ence (prĕf́ər-əns, prĕf́rəns)

[Middle English preferraunce, preferment, from Old French preference, from preferer, to prefer; see prefer.]

noun

1. The selecting of someone or something over another or others.
2. The right or chance to so choose.
3. Someone or something so chosen. See synonyms at choice
The state of being preferred.
Law
1. A priority of payment given to one or more creditors by an insolvent debtor.
2. The right of a creditor to priority of payment.
The granting of precedence or advantage to one country or group of countries in levying duties or in other matters of international trade.