Definition of Preferential

1. Adjective. Manifesting partiality. "A preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting"

Exact synonyms: Discriminatory
Similar to: Advantageous
Derivative terms: Discriminate, Preference

Definition of Preferential

1. a. Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.

Definition of Preferential

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preferential

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preferential

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Literary usage of Preferential

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and Problems of Government by Charles Grove Haines (1921)
"To solve this problem the preferential ballot has been introduced. The Preferential Ballot.—Election by plurality vote is the rule in elections in the ..."

2. Principles and Problems of Government by Charles Grove Haines (1921)
"To solve this problem the preferential ballot has been introduced. The Preferential Ballot.—Election by plurality vote is the rule in elections in the ..."

3. Labour Legislation, Labour Movements, and Labour Leaders by George Howell (1902)
"Preferential claims to wages in Scotland were secured in 1856 by 19 and 20 ... That was a general Act. Preferential claims for wages are also provided for ..."

4. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Release of Dower in Preferential or Fraudulent Mortgage.—A release of dower is a mere incident to the transfer itself and falls with the fall of the ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"Preferential tariff's, on the other hand, are essentially Protective in their tendency, and imply the existence of those barriers within the ..."

6. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"Papers relating to Resolutions passed by Colonial Legislatures since 1890 in favour of Preferential Trade relations with the United Kingdom, 1905. ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Corporate Bonds and Mortgages: Being the 3d Edition by Leonard Augustus Jones (1907)
"Right to apportionment of preferential debts.—A preferential indebtedness incurred by a receiver of a consolidated line, which receivership is obtained by a ..."

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