Look up: preference

1. Preference
   Insect response to plant characters (morphology, architecture, odour, colour) that leads to the use of a particular plant or variety for oviposition, food or shelter (see antixenosis).
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2. preference
   [n] - a strong liking 2. [n] - the right or chance to choose 3. [n] - grant of favor or advantage to one over another (esp to a country or countries in matters of international trade such as levying duties)
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3. Preference
   A payment or other transaction in the six month to two year period preceding a liquidation, administration or bankruptcy, which places a creditor or a person connected with the insolvent, respectively, in a better position than they would have been otherwise. A liquidator, administrator or trustee i...
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4. Preference
   A payment or other transaction in the six month to two year period preceding a liquidation, administration or bankruptcy, which places a creditor or a person connected with the insolvent, respectively, in a better position than they would have been otherwise. A liquidator, administrator or trustee in bankruptcy may recover any sums which are found
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5. Preference
   A system under which eligible goods imported into the European Union (EU) from certain non-EU countries qualify for a reduced (often nil) rate of Customs duty. These arrangements also cover EU goods exported to the non-EU country.
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6. preference
   The giving of higher priority to answering a particular class of calls even though a call of another class may have been waiting longer. Not equivalent to 'right of way' or 'precedence'. (Gloss. of Comm., Em. Smith) Category: Management in the public and private sector
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7. Preference
   Pref'er·ence noun [ Confer French préférence .] 1. The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of cho...
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8. preference
   penchant noun a strong liking; `my own preference is for good literature`; `the Irish have a penchant for blarney`
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9. preference
   druthers noun the right or chance to choose; `given my druthers, I`d eat cake`
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10. preference
    noun grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
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11. Preference
    • (n.) That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference? • (n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity ...
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12. preference
    (from the article `utility and value`) ...of price and value: the supply side and the demand side. If cost can be said to underlie the supply relationship that determines price, the demand ... ...and coffee better than milk, then that person should like tea better than milk). They then proved that it was possible to define a utility ......
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13. preference
    trick-taking card game for three players, widely played throughout eastern Europe, popular in Austria, and regarded since the early 19th century as ... [1 related articles]
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14. Preference
    Refers to over-the-counter trading. Selection of a dealer to handle a trade despite the dealer`s market not being the best available. Often the 'preferenced dealer' will then move his market in line.
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15. Preference
    Referring to over-the-counter trading, the act of selecting a dealer to handle a trade even through that particular dealer`s market may not be the best available. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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16. Preference
    [law] Black River Gorge seen from 750 feet in Mauritius Personal Photo ...
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17. Preference
    [disambiguation] Preference is a term used in the scientific literature. Preference may also refer to: ...
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18. preference
    
    • a strong liking
    • a predisposition in favor of something
    • the right or chance to choose
    • grant of favor or advantage to one over another (esp to a country or countries in matters of international trade such as levying duties)
    
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19. Preference
    The paying or securing to one or more of his creditors, by an insolvent debtor, the whole or a part of their claim, to the exclusion of the rest. By preference is also meant the right which a creditor has acquired over others to be paid first out of the assets of his debtor, as when a creditor has o...
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20. Preference
    n.Accoring to laws of bankruptcy when a person goes bankrupt before writing a court order to declare it he might make a prefernce to pay off certain creditor rather then dividing his assets equally among his creditors.This is illegal and it is the court who decides to pay off the secured creditors before the general creditors.
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21. preference
    n. in bankruptcy, the payment of a debt to one creditor rather than dividing the assets equally among all those to whom he/she/it owes money, often by making a payment to a favored creditor just before filing a petition to be declared bankrupt. Such a preference is prohibited by law, and the favored...
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22. preference
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pref′er-ents Definitions: 1. Choice, decision, or predilection for one health care option over others (treatments, operations).
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23. Preference
    [economics] In economics and other social sciences, preference refers to the set of assumptions related to ordering some alternatives, based on the degree of happiness, satisfaction, gratification, enjoyment, or utility they provide, a process which results in an optimal "choice" (whether re...
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24. Preference
    The term preferences is used in a variety of related, but not identical, ways in the scientific literature. This makes it necessary to make explicit the sense in which the term is used in different social sciences. In psychology, preferences could be conceived of as an individual’s attitude towar...
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25. Préférence
    Préférence is an Eastern European 10-card plain-trick game with bidding, played by three players with a 32-card Piquet deck, and probably originating in early 19th century Austria. A sophisticated variant known as Preferans is very popular in Russia, and other variants are played from Lithuania t...
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