Look up: precedence

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   precedence
   [n] - status established in order of importance or urgency
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   precedence
   Order or rank in which people should be placed on ceremonial occasions, depending partly upon letters patent and partly upon ancient custom. Questions of precedence are the responsibility of the...
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   precedence
   operator precedence
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   precedence
   a designation assigned to a message by the originator to indicate to communication personnel the relative order of handling and to the addressee the order in which the message is to be noted Category: Defense
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   precedence
   precedency noun status established in order of importance or urgency; `...its precedence as the world`s leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals`; `national independence takes priority over class struggle`
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   Precedence
   `Precedence` is a simple ordering, based on either importance or sequence; it may refer to one of the following: * Message precedence of military communications traffic * Order of precedence, the ceremonial hierarchy within a nation or state * Order of operations in mathematics * Precedence Entertainment, a defunct publisher of several collectible card games. `Precedent` in law is a legal case establishing a principle to be adhered to in subseq...
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   Precedence
   • (n.) Alt. of Precedency
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   precedence
   precedence 1. A status established in order of importance or urgency. 2. A relative importance in rank and status that determines something; such as, the order in which participants are placed in a formal situation. 3. The right or need to be dealt with before someone or something else or to be treated as more important than somebody or something else. 4. ...
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   Precedence
   The established system of priorities of trades in an exchange. For example, the highest bid and lowest offer have highest precedence; the first bid or first offer at a price has highest priority, and large orders have priority over smaller orders.
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    precedence
    
    1. status established in order of importance or urgency
    2. preceding in time
    3. the act of preceding (as in a ceremony)
    
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