Synonyms for preferential


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pref-uh-ren-shuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌprɛf əˈrɛn ʃəl


Définition of preferential

Origin :
  • 1805, from Medieval Latin preferentia, from Latin praeferre (see prefer) + -al (1).
  • adj favored
Example sentences :
  • Proportional representation and preferential voting I have mentioned.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • Preferential trade was the alternative path to imperial federation.
  • Extract from : « The Canadian Dominion » by Oscar D. Skelton
  • With that end no one will quarrel; but how will preferential trade promote it?
  • Extract from : « Are we Ruined by the Germans? » by Harold Cox
  • Is the preferential shop so delicate a fabric as to prove futile?
  • Extract from : « Making Both Ends Meet » by Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
  • This city should elect its municipal officers by preferential voting.
  • Extract from : « The Making of Arguments » by J. H. Gardiner
  • Mr. Chamberlain broached his plan of preferential tariffs in a speech at Birmingham on May 15, 1903.
  • Extract from : « The Government of England (Vol. I) » by A. Lawrence Lowell
  • The other Premiers agreed to consider whether Canada's preferential tariff policy could be followed.
  • Extract from : « The Canadian Dominion » by Oscar D. Skelton
  • He is giving the lender a right to a preferential share in his future income.
  • Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.
  • Preferential dock charges are prohibited and a port fund established under the act.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • The dead are either cremated or buried, the former being the preferential mode.
  • Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

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