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Preferential   /prˌɛfərˈɛntʃəl/  /prˌɛfərˈɛnʃəl/   Listen
Preferential

adjective
1.
Manifesting partiality.  Synonym: discriminatory.  "Preferential tariff rates" , "Preferential treatment" , "A preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting"






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"Preferential" Quotes from Famous Books



... best broken: with their collapse would come a release of social energy into political discussion. For every country is a mass of minorities which should find a voice in public affairs. Any device like proportional representation and preferential voting which facilitates the political expression of group interests is worth having. The objection that popular government cannot be conducted without the two party system is, I believe, refuted by the experience of Europe. If I had to choose between ...
— A Preface to Politics • Walter Lippmann

... again put forth his restless and indomitable energies. As the public confidence in the scheme had been effectually restored, it was resolved to raise six hundred thousand pounds of new capital by the issue of one hundred and twenty thousand shares of five pounds each, which should be preferential shares, entitled to a dividend of twelve per cent, before the eight per cent, dividend to be paid on the former preference shares, and the four per cent, on the ordinary stock. They at once proceeded to issue these bonds, when they were informed by the ...
— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.



Words linked to "Preferential" :   advantageous, preference, discriminatory



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