Look up: priority

1. priority
   [Noun] Something important that must be done as soon as possible.
   Example: Amanda's grandmother had an operation straight away as she was a priority case.
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2. priority
   [n] - preceding in time
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3. Priority
   the right of way gained by the fencer at foil and sabre by extending the sword arm and continually threatening the opponent's target
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4. Priority
   the right of way gained by the fencer at foil and sabre by extending the sword arm and continually threatening the opponent's target
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5. priority
   A number assigned to an event or device which determines the order in which it will receive service.By convention,0 is the highest priority(usually assigned to power-fail detection).Also called a priority level. Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • a service...
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6. Priority
   Pri·or'i·ty noun [ Confer French priorité . See Prior , adjective ] 1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. 2...
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7. priority
   antecedence noun preceding in time
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8. Priority
   • (a.) Precedence; superior rank. • (a.) The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
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9. priority
   priority 1. The state of having most importance or urgency: 'The judge wanted to give this case priority treatment. 2. Someone or something that is ranked highly in terms of importance or urgency: 'It is essential that we get our priorities right.' 3. The right to be ranked above others. 4. The situation of having preceded something.
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10. Priority
    Used for listed equity securities. System used in an auction market, in which the first bid or offer price is executed before other bid and offer prices, even if subsequent orders are larger. NYSE rules stipulate that the bid made first should be executed first, or if two bids came in at once, the bid for the large number of shares receives 'p...
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11. Priority
    Referring to listed equity securities, priority, or preference, is given to the offer that is higher when two offers come in at the same time. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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12. priority
    
    • status established in order of importance or urgency
    • preceding in time
    
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13. Priority
    For a continuation, method of arranging the tested lists and list segments in descending order on the basis of number of responses or number of dollars of sales per thousand pieces mailed; for political mail, a special next-day delivery service offered by the Postal Service.
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14. priority
    The level of (business) importance assigned to an item, e.g. defect....
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15. priority
    place value within a ranking order that determines at the moment of decision which action is to be performed next, when parallel actions are requested simultaneously NOTE - The most important control functions acting on a process usually get the following sequence of priorities. In this table, the c...
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16. priority
    the possibility of setting up a call from a nominated terminal on a private network or closed user group, by assigning to it, at each stage of selection, priority over all other calls of lower priority that are in the process of being established. The possibility may apply either to every call or on...
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17. Priority
    The condition of being earlier in a succession of events. This condition is meaningful only in the past-present-future series relative to a given event or experience. In its logical sense, the term signifies a condition without which something else cannot be understood, explained, or thought of. -- R.B.W.
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18. Priority
    Going before; opposed to posteriority. He who has the precedency in time has the advantage in right, is the maxim of the law; not that time, considered barely in itself, can make any such difference, but because the whole power over a thing being secured to one person, this bars all others from obtaining a title to it afterwards. In the payment...
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19. Priority
    Advantage in right to be ahead or going before the others in the claims.For eg. the oldest of the creditors has the right to claims ahead of newer creditors.
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20. priority
    n. the right to be first or ahead of the rights or claims of others. In bankruptcy law, the right to collect before other creditors is given to taxing authorities, judgment holders, secured creditors, bankruptcy trustees and attorneys. The right also can apply to mortgages, deeds of trusts or liens ...
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21. Priority
    (fencing) `Priority` or "right of way" is the method used in foil and sabre fencing to determine which fencer receives the point if both fencers land a valid hit at the same time (if both fencers land a valid hit at the same time in épée fencing, they both receive a point). Wh...
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22. Priority
    (album) `Priority` is the sixth studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1979 on the Planet Records label. Their second venture with producer Richard Perry, it was also their second venture into rock. An across-the-board critical success, but not as commercially revered as its ...
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23. Priority
    (nomenclature) `Priority` is a fundamental principle of modern botanical nomenclature and zoological nomenclature. Essentially, it is the principle of recognising the first valid application of a name to a plant or animal. There are two aspects to this: # The first valid name given to a plant...
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