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Preference

noun

A strong liking. Synonyms: penchant, predilection, taste. "The Irish have a penchant for blarney"

A predisposition in favor of something. Synonyms: orientation, predilection. "His sexual preferences" , "Showed a Marxist orientation"

The right or chance to choose. Synonym: druthers.

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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... Justice, while he asserted his conviction of the general truth of his system. Godwin had argued that private affections resulted in partiality, and therefore injustice.[83] If a house were on fire, reason would urge a man to save Fenelon in preference to his valet; but if the rescuer chanced to be the brother or father of the valet, private feeling would intervene, unreasonably urging him to save his relative and abandon Fenelon. Lest he should be regarded as a wrecker ...

— The Tale of Terror • Edith Birkhead

... was given the young countess to commit a folly, or rather three follies, for she did not like to give the preference to any one of the three strangers. She was young, and inexperienced in matters of this kind. Her triple intrigue was, therefore, soon discovered, and betrayed to her family; and now husband, step-father, and step-mother, ...

— Queen Hortense - A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era • L. Muhlbach

... proposed that the other members of the company should be taken in turn—singly or in groups;—but all declined, expressing a decided preference for spending the time in a more amusing manner, such as ...

— Christmas with Grandma Elsie • Martha Finley

... to take note of this, and it suited his plans exactly. At first he thought he would speak to Tom Martin about his despicable purpose, and get his assistance. But he knew Dave Farrington would not listen to it, for he had already shown a preference for Fred; so he finally concluded to keep his own counsel, for should the facts at any time become known, as they most probably would, then, if another boy shared his secret, they would ...

— Under Fire - A Tale of New England Village Life • Frank A. Munsey

... said Chonita, leaning back in her chair and forgetting the poppies. "With her a placid contented hope, with him a calm preference for a malleable woman. If he left her for another she would cry for a week, then serenely marry whom my father bade her, and forget Reinaldo in the donas of the bridegroom. The ...

— The Doomswoman - An Historical Romance of Old California • Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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