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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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... most of the rings. His was the privilege to crown the queen of the tournament. He was the conquering knight—as far as the rings went. On his arm he wore a white scarf. Compton wore light blue. She had declared her preference for blue, but ...

— The Trimmed Lamp • O. Henry

... who have a prima facie claim of preference for appointments to civil offices under section 1754, Revised Statutes, shall be preferred in certifications made under the authority of the Commission to any ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 3 (of 3) of Volume 8: Grover Cleveland, First Term. • Grover Cleveland

... the cannon bone has been readily discovered, the treatment we have already suggested for that ailment is at once indicated, and the astringent lotions may be relied upon to bring about beneficial results. Sometimes, however, preference may be given to a lotion possessing a somewhat different quality, the alterative consisting of tincture of iodin applied to the inflamed spot several times daily. If the lameness persists under this mild course of treatment, ...

— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture

... industries of the community had been carried on, had been that of debtors working out their debts at such allowance for wages as their creditor-employers chose to make them. If they complained that it was too small, they had, indeed, their choice to go to jail in preference to taking it, but no third alternative was before them. Of these coolies, as we should call them in these days, only a few who were either very timid, or ignorant of the full effect of yesterday's doings, ...

— The Duke of Stockbridge • Edward Bellamy

... of the business, though it was languishing at the time, the printer's beautiful type—'those most magnificent letters, especially those very small ones'. Erasmus was one of those true book-lovers who pledge their heart to a type or a size of a book, not because of any artistic preference, but because of readableness and handiness, which to them are of the very greatest importance. What he asked of Aldus was a small book at a low price. Towards the end of the year their relations had gone so ...

— Erasmus and the Age of Reformation • Johan Huizinga

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