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• preference — pref·er·ence / pre frəns, fə rəns/ n 1: the right to prior payment of a debt with preference over the creditors of the heirs or legatees Louisiana Civil Code 2: the transfer of an insolvent debtor s interest in property to a creditor for an… …   Law dictionary

• preference — [n1] first choice alternative, choice, cup of tea*, desire, druthers*, election, favorite, flash*, groove, inclination, option, partiality, pick, predilection, prepossession, propensity, say, say so*, selection, top, weakness; concepts 20,529,709 …   New thesaurus

• preference — A legal term used in bankruptcy to describe a transaction deemed to have occurred under circumstances favorable to the creditor that benefited from the transaction. This provision is intended to protect unsecured creditors. Under the U.S.… …   Financial and business terms

• Treatment of bipolar disorder — This article is an expansion of a section entitled Treatment from within the main article: Bipolar disorder The emphasis of the treatment of bipolar disorder is on effective management of the long term course of the illness, which can involve… …   Wikipedia

• preference — noun 1) her preference for boys games Syn: liking, partiality, predilection, proclivity, fondness, taste, inclination, leaning, bias, bent, penchant, predisposition 2) my preference is rock music Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• preference — noun 1) her preference for gin Syn: liking, partiality, fondness, taste, inclination, leaning, bent, penchant, predisposition 2) preference was given to female applicants Syn: priority …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• preference — Synonyms and related words: affinity, alternative, alternativity, animus, antecedence, antecedency, anteposition, anteriority, aptitude, bag, bent, bias, cast, character, choice, choosing, chosen kind, co optation, co option, constitution, cosset …   Moby Thesaurus

• Veterans' Preference Act — The Veterans Preference Act, established in the US in 1944, required the Federal Government to favor returning war veterans when hiring new employees in an attempt to recognize their service, sacrifice, and skills. Preference Before the Civil War …   Wikipedia

• Community preference — ➔ preference * * * Community preference UK US noun [U] ► GOVERNMENT, POLITICS the fact of European countries giving better treatment to other people or goods that come from the European Union than to those who come from outside it: »Their opinion …   Financial and business terms

• Parents' Preference Test (PPT) — The Parents’ Preference Test – the PPT (Westh, 2003a, 2003b) – is a parenting style test completed in 2003. Its purpose is to map parents’ notion of their own parenthood, disclosed through central dimensions of parenting styles. The test is a… …   Wikipedia

• Trade Preference — A Trade Preference is when one country prefers buying goods from some other country more than it would from other countries. It grants special support to one country over another. It is the opposite of a Trade Prohibition. See also *Trade Mandate …   Wikipedia