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preferentialpref‧e‧ren‧tial /ˌprefəˈrenʃəl◂/ adjective [only before noun] ; ADVANTAGEpreferential treatment, rates etc are deliberately different in order to ... preferential Wordfamily (noun) preference (adjective) preferablepreferential (verb) prefer (adverb) preferablypreferentiallyFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishpreferentialpref‧e‧ren‧tial/ˌprefəˈrenʃəl◂/adjective[onlybeforenoun]    ADVANTAGEpreferentialtreatment,ratesetcaredeliberatelydifferentinordertogiveanadvantagetoparticularpeople  preferentialcredittermsforreliableborrowers—preferentiallyadverbExamplesfromtheCorpuspreferential•Forthisspeciesalso,therefore,preferentialdestructionofupperandlowerjawsisindicated.•Ofcourse,familyallowances,taxbenefitsandpreferentialhousingallocationarealldesignedtoeasethecostofdependentchildren.•Thismeasuresanypreferentiallossofdistallimbelements.•Andzeroshareholdershavepreferentialrightstotrusts'assetswhentheyarewoundup.•Oncejointprospectsarcmoresecurelyfastened,evenmorepreferentialtradingtermscanbesecured.•DeKlerkinsistedthatsuchasystemwouldnotprovideforpreferentialtreatmentforanygroupattheexpenseofanyother.•Bankofficialsdeniedgivingthesenatoranypreferentialtreatment.•Itwasmadeclearthattradewouldbeatinternationalprices,withnosubsidiesorpreferentialtreatment.FromLongmanBusinessDictionarypreferentialpref‧e‧ren‧tial/ˌprefəˈrenʃəl◂/adjective[onlybeforeanoun]preferentialtreatment,apreferentialrateetcisdeliberatelymorefavourableinordertogiveanadvantagetoparticularpeople,organizationsetcNorwaydevelopsdomesticoilcompaniesbygivingthempreferentialtreatmentinawardingoil-fieldlicenses.Ifyoufindyouneedtoborrowmore,we’llchargeyouaspecialpreferentialrate. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Moreresults preferentialterms preferentialcreditor preferentialshare cumulativepreferentialshare Seeallresults Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Boardgames Buildings Illness&disability Crafts Seealltopics Wordoftheday stun tosurpriseorupsetsomeonesomuchthattheydonotreactimmediately

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