preferential
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛf.ɜː(ɹ)ˌɛn.ʃəl/
The English word “preferential” has 2 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.
- Of or relating to a voting system in which the voters are allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference (usually their first and second choices) between two or more candidates, so that if no candidate receives a majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together is the winner.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin preferentia + -al.
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More English words
- preferences
- preferency
- preferendum
- preferent
- preferential attachment
- preferential treatment
- preferential voting
- preferentiality
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