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preferent, a.|ˈprɛfərənt|
[ad. L. præferent-em, pr. pple. of præferre to prefer.]
1. Having preference or precedence; having a right to priority of payment or consideration.
1883H. Juta tr. Van der Linden's Inst. Holland 95 In the first rank of preferent debts are funeral expenses. Ibid., The holders of special mortgages..have a preferent claim on the proceeds arising from the sale of the particular property mortgaged. 1888Ld. Watson in Law Rep., Ho. Lords XIII. 233 Any miner shall have a preferent right for 7 days to take possession of the ground forfeited.
2. Displaying preference; partial.
1896Johannesburg Weekly Times 8 Aug. 3 To heap..shame upon his head for his supposed preferent safeguarding of the interests of the ‘fighting port’ to the detriment of the ‘Bay’. |