Definition of Favourable position

1. Noun. The quality of being at a competitive advantage.

Exact synonyms: Favorable Position, Superiority
Generic synonyms: Advantage, Vantage
Specialized synonyms: Edge, Inside Track, Upper Hand, Whip Hand
Derivative terms: Superior, Superior

Lexicographical Neighbors of Favourable Position

favoritest
favoriting
favoritism
favoritisms
favorize
favorous
favors
favose
favosite
favosites
favour
favour'd
favourabilities
favourability
favourable
favourable position (current term)
favourable reception
favourableness
favourablest
favourably
favoured
favouredly
favourer
favourers
favourest
favoureth
favouring
favouringly
favourise
favourite

Literary usage of Favourable position

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

1. The Lombard Communes: A History of the Republics of North Italy by William Francis Thomas Butler (1906)
"... the shelter of the Church, and as it was naturally in a most favourable position for trade with Germany it became a centre of commerce and manufactures. ..."

2. The Greville Memoirs (second Part): A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria by Charles Greville (1885)
"Sir Robert Peel returns to Office—Death of Lord Wharncliffe—Tory View of the Whig Failure—Views of Sir Robert Peel and hig Colleagues— favourable position ..."

3. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"... appeared lo have placed that prince in a more favourable position than he liad occupied since he had been deprived of his place in the royal succession. ..."

4. Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad by Archibald Geikie (1882)
"favourable position, our neighbours on the opposite shores of the Continent have become excellent sailors too, and that if we have been enabled to lead the ..."

5. Three Expeditions Into the Interior of Eastern Australia: With Descriptions by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1839)
"... plains —A native visitor—Soft earth of the plains—Ride to the Darling—The water sweet—The party encamps on a favourable position on the river. May 6. ..."

6. Travels Into Bokhara: Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool by Alexander Burnes (1835)
"favourable position of the Punjab for trade—Extent and variety of its productions—Shawls of Cashmere—Extent of the manufacture ..."

7. Russia, Travels and Studies by Annette M. B. Meakin (1906)
"... —favourable position for trade — Little Russians—Day dreaming—Lovers of Nature—Love songs—Bright colour—The honoured guest—Comparison between Great ..."

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