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• prestige — pres‧tige [preˈstiːʒ] noun [uncountable] the respect and importance a person, organization, profession, or product has because of their success and high quality: • The bank lost both money and prestige as a result of the transaction. • Revlon… …   Financial and business terms

• Prestige format — is a term coined by DC Comics but now in wider use to refer to a square bound comic book with cardstock covers. A prestige format comic book is usually longer than a normal, stapled 32 page comic (sometimes referred to as a pamphlet). Prestige… …   Wikipedia

• Prestige Bulletin — is a prominent financial journal published monthly in South Africa since 1989. [Experts give brilliant advice on your finances, Sunday Times Magazine, June 28, 1992.] It covers investments, financial markets, personal finance, tax planning and… …   Wikipedia

• Prestige dialect — A prestige dialect is the dialect spoken by the most prestigious people in a speech community which is large enough to sustain more than one dialect. The study of prestige in language use is an important part of sociolinguistics.ocial prestige… …   Wikipedia

• Prestige oil spill — This article is about the spill. For the oil tanker, see Prestige (oil tanker). Prestige oil spill Volunteers cleaning the coastline in Galicia in the aftermath of the Prestige catastrophe, March, 2003 Location Atlantic Ocean …   Wikipedia

• prestige — n. 1) to enjoy, have; gain prestige 2) to damage smb. s prestige 3) great, high; little, low prestige 4) the prestige to + inf. (does she have enough prestige to get the party nomination?) 5) of prestige (of little prestige) * * * [pre stiːʒ]… …   Combinatory dictionary

• prestige — 01. Barrymore s success in this project has certainly earned him a lot of [prestige] in his field. 02. Harvard is one of the most [prestigious] universities in this country. 03. Expo 67 helped Montreal to increase its [prestige] in the world. 04 …   Grammatical examples in English

• prestige — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, high, immense ▪ Winning the prize carries immense prestige. ▪ low ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Prestige Records — Not to be confused with the namesake Prestige Records, a UK label that releases the work of Imran Khan. Prestige Records Parent company Concord Music Group Founded 1949 …   Wikipedia

• prestige — [[t]presti͟ːʒ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT If a person, a country, or an organization has prestige, they are admired and respected because of the position they hold or the things they have achieved. ...efforts to build up the prestige of the United Nations …   English dictionary

• prestige — [17] As opponents of semantic change are fond of pointing out, prestige once meant ‘trick, illusion’, and its use until the 19th century was usually derogatory. It comes via French prestige from Latin praestigiae ‘illusions produced by a conjurer …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins