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n. The selecting of someone or something over another or others.

n. The right or chance to so choose.

n. Someone or something so chosen. See Synonyms at choice.

n. The state of being preferred.

n. Law A priority of payment given to one or more creditors by an insolvent debtor.

n. Law The right of a creditor to priority of payment.

n. The granting of precedence or advantage to one country or group of countries in levying duties or in other matters of international trade.

n. The selection of one thing or person over others.

n. The option to so select, and the one selected.

n. The state of being preferred over others.

n. A strong liking or personal valuation.

n. A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.

n. Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

v. To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.

n. The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing.

n. That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?

n. The act of preferring or choosing one thing rather than another, or the state of being preferred or chosen; estimation of one thing above another; choice.

n. Specifically, in law, the payment or right to have payment of one debt or class of debtsmade by a debtor or out of his estate, in full, before any of the assets are applied to unpreferred debts: as, the debtor's assignment gave a preference to demands for borrowed money; the state has a preference for taxes.

n. The object of choice; a person, thing, or course of action chosen preferably to others.

n. In the game of boston, one of the two suits of the color of the card turned up, just after the first deal.

n. A European game of cards, something like boston.

n. grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)

n. the right or chance to choose

n. a strong liking

n. a predisposition in favor of something

"INSERT INTO tblPreferences (customerId, preference) VALUES (@customerID, @preference)"

advantage    vantage    predisposition   

preferential dividend    to have the preference    preferential mating    preference stock    preferential rules    surrender of preference    fraudulent preference    law of preference    preferences   

precedence    predilection    choice    advancement    liking   

deference    reference   

prejudice    inclination    desire    wish    tendency    behavior    attachment    requirement    bias    ability