preferredadj.n.

Brit.

/prᵻˈfəːd/, U.S.

/priˈfərd/,

/prəˈfərd/

Forms: late Middle English preferryd, 1500s prefarde, 1600s– preferred.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prefer v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < prefer v. + -ed suffix¹.

A. adj.

†1. Put in a privileged or more eminent position. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 290 Preferryd, prepositus, prelatus.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. viii. 84 We call not those things which are in the first place, the preferred or promoted, but those which are in the second.

1846 Southern Q. Rev. Oct. 446 Equal and fair legislation will never have place in the United States, until the preferred and protected classes ‘begin to fall out among themselves, and cease to make a common prey of others’.

2. Of a person: that has obtained preferment or promotion; advanced to high office. Also of an office: †obtained by preferment, more senior (obsolete). Now rare.

ΚΠ

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 89 To all prelattis..be quhatsumeuir tytillis they salbe named, on any preferred dignitie they salbe premoved unto.

1728 J. Swift Intelligencer (1729) No. 7. 62 Censorious upon all his Brethren..while they continued meanly preferred.

1812 Burke's Speech Act of Uniformity 1772 in Wks. V. 328 They want to be preferred Clergymen in the Church of England as by Law established, but their consciences will not suffer them to conform to the doctrines and practices of that Church.

1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) VIII. xlix. 34 Individual injustice is not to be always excused by the merits of the preferred functionary.

3. Of a bill, charge, etc.: submitted or presented for approval or consideration. Cf. prefer v. 7.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [adjective] > put forward

proposedc1450

preferred1651

suggested1660

1651 Lady E. Douglas Restitution of Prophecy 9 In which preferred Bill, this long Proces wherein shuned, anatomized that mankinde Grandams mery, and hers like Daughter, &c.

1771 M. A. Meilan Emilia i. i. 6 I..was lately cited T'appear before the judge, and there, make answer To a preferred charge of grossest treason.

1873 Times 5 Feb. 5/6 It is necessary that civilians should remark that in these singly preferred petitions, the grievances complained of are not of a purely disciplinary nature.

1907 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 13 May 4/2 Their innocence of the preferred charge against them will not..exonerate them from the charge of preaching an industrial and social policy that is damning to the best interests of the wage workers of the country.

1993 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div.: Crown Office List (CO /1321–2/91) (Lexis) 19 Feb. Approaching this matter would have been proper if the preferred charge has been so framed.

4. Having priority in a claim to payment. Now chiefly in preferred share n., preferred stock n. at Compounds. Cf. preference n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [adjective] > having prior right to payment

preferred1748

1748 J. Denholm Petition to Lords of Council & Session 26 July The whole of the Price, in the Petitioner's Hand as Purchaser, is exhausted by the preferred Debt of the said deceast James Denholm, to which the Petitioner has Right in manner above mentioned.

1760 J. Burnett Memorial for Creditors of Sir Archibald Cockburn 10 So that, according to the Doctrine of these Objectors, the Matter would be endless, and there would be no Security for any preferred Creditor, even after the Money is in his Pocket.

1829 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 11 Nov. Preferred Creditors.—By a recent acrocet of the legislature of New York, a change has been made in the law relative to preferred creditors.

1845 Times 29 Mar. 2/4 The payment will be paid without prejudice in respect to the claim of the subscribers for preferred dividends as mentioned on the scrip certificates or otherwise.

1890 Financial News 31 July 1/4 The passage of the preferred dividend by the directors of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway is regarded as consistent with policy.

1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 201 In 1805..he [sc. Marshall] found..authority for a law making the United States a preferred creditor.

1928 New Statesman 28 July (Finance Suppl.) p. vi The balance of profits remaining after the fixed dividends have been paid on the Preferred capital.

1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 June b9/1 Doubts about whether Trizec will continue to make debt payments and declare preferred share dividends.

a. Most favoured; desired by preference.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > relating to preference > chosen in preference to others

predilectc1475

pre-electc1475

elective1643

preferable1747

preferential1754

predilected1767

preferred1777

1777 C. Caraccioli Life Ld. Clive III. 403 It is no wonder, that the lust of riches should readily embrace the preferred means of its gratification.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose xvi. 235 To show the Covenanters the difference between the preferred Argyle and the postponed Montrose, was a picture too flattering to feudal vengeance to be easily relinquished.

1871 E. F. Burr Ad Fidem xiv. 273 Twist, and strain, and mutilate facts, into a preferred shape.

1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 7/1 The popular rose-motif, in filet, serves very prettily, although any preferred design may be chosen.

1982 T. Keneally Schindler's Ark v. 70 The Ump-pa-pa of Viennese waltzes was the preferred beat of the SS.

2004 Media Week 4 May 32/2 Mobiles have replaced land lines as the preferred method of communication.

b. Engineering and Science. Designating a set of numbers forming an approximate geometrical progression and taken as the officially recommended values of a dimension or other characteristic with which standard components should be made, so as to cover most efficiently the range of possible requirements.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [adjective] > of sets > of sequences > progression

geometrical1543

harmonical1569

progressional1570

musical1589

equidifferent1696

harmonic1706

synharmonic1850

preferred1922

1922 Mech. Engin. 44 791/1 A careful study of manufactured articles shows that even when sizes are determined by utility or use value, the choice of size is largely arbitrary. It is therefore obvious that if certain numerical values are universally accepted as preferred values, and if they are so spaced and of such extent as to fit in with all requirements met in deciding on sizes to be used, the arbitrary choices may be so made as to yield sizes expressible in terms of these preferred numbers.

1962 S. Handel Dict. Electronics 269 Manufacturers and users of electrical and electronic components such as fixed resistors and capacitors find that there are advantages in standardizing component values and adopt preferred values so that each value differs from the preceding one by a constant multiplier.

2005 Electronics Lett. 41 366/2 Component requirements generated by the design methodology will not provide preferred values.

6. Science. Of a property, value, etc.: exhibited or adopted by a natural system or object more commonly than, or to the exclusion of, possible alternatives.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > [adjective] > of relative size of ions

preferred1902

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > [adjective] > relating to energy values

preferred1902

the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystals (other miscellaneous) > [adjective] > orientation

preferred1902

preferential1913

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > of the most frequently occurring kind > most commonly exhibited by a natural system

preferred1902

1902 Science June 884/1 The loose ions..moved about in the liquid with no definite preferred direction.

1971 Nature 4 June 306/2 The wind has a strongly preferred direction up and down the length of the steep-sided Loch.

1989 J. Silk Big Bang (rev. ed.) i. 6 When the universe was young..the expansion might have been anisotropic, occurring rapidly in some preferred direction and simultaneously allowing collapse in different directions.

1997 Agric. Res. Dec. 8/1 Each crop has a preferred temperature range at which it grows best.

B. n.

As a count noun: a preferred share (usually in plural). Also as a mass noun: such shares collectively; preferred stock.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > types of shares

bonus share1823

preference share1842

preferred share1842

qualification shares1846

pref1849

financial1864

founder's-shares1889

preference1890

preferred1891

ordinary1898

participation1916

equity1930

leader1938

Euroequity1969

small cap1984

1891 Times 21 Sept. 11/2 On the week Readings have gained 6³/ ₈.., Wabash Preferreds 4³/ ₄..and the rest of the list an average of over 2 points.

1949 Illiois Agric. Assoc. Rec. Oct. 11/2 The class ‘A’ preferred was to be sold to individuals.

1975 B. S. Quinn New Euromarkets v. 71 It [sc. the term Euroequity] is used to cover various types of security, including..eurobonds with warrants, offshore convertible preferreds, and various other types of share issue for which there is no accepted name.

2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Sept. c15/1 Convertible bonds and preferreds are proving increasingly popular with dedicated convertible funds, fixed-income funds and arbitrage funds.

Compounds

preferred holder n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) a holder of preferred stock (see preferred stock n.).Sometimes contrasted with common holder n. 2.

ΚΠ

1851 Rep. to Stockholders (Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.) 16 The amount paid the Preferred holders,..$51,731 65.

1915 Kernel Finance & Politics for Everybody May Though the preferred holder may own a box of candy up on a very high shelf,..the common holder..owns the step ladder.

1984 Harvard Law Rev. 97 1964 The preferred stock typically carries special redemption and conversion privileges. The preferred holders are entitled to redeem their shares for cash if an outside entity acquires control of the company.

2021 NewsBites Finance Newswire (Nexis) 8 Jan. Series A Preferred holders of record on July 15, 2019, will be entitled to receive the full monthly dividend for July.

preferred lie n. Golf a shot where a player may reposition his or her ball within a defined area on the fairway without penalty, usually because of adverse weather conditions; (also) (usually in plural) the practice of playing with local rules that allow such shots (not usually permitted in professional golf); cf. winter rules n. at winter n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1926 Washington Post 17 Aug. 17/4 The question at issue is whether the Congressional course must be played with preferred lies, as the professionals are unanimous in agreeing that a qualification round for a championship event should not be played under anything like winter rules.

1977 Golf Mag. June 26 Most amateurs continually play preferred lies and when they get in a pro-am they have to play the ball as it lies.

1993 Official Rules Golf (U.S. Golf Assoc. & Royal & Ancient Golf Club St. Andrews) App. i. 165 The USGA does not endorse ‘preferred lies’ and ‘winter rules’ and recommends that the Rules of Golf be observed uniformly.

preferred orientation n. Crystallography and Metallurgy an orientation which crystals in a material tend to adopt or in which they tend to form, usually because of applied stress.

ΚΠ

1929 Chem. Abstr. 23 1051 The detn. of the presence and the quant. description of preferred orientations in cryst. masses.

1956 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 183 99/2 The Zn coating on galvanized wire shows no preferred orientation.

2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. v. 205 Polycrystalline uranium normally has a preferred orientation of the population of grains.

preferred partner n. Business (a) (in early use) a business partner who has priority in a claim to payment (cf. sense A. 4); (b) a person who, or company, enterprise, etc., which, is the primary choice for conducting business with.

ΚΠ

1912 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 10 Oct. 3/1 He is going to make you a preferred partner in all the word implies. He will receive common stock, while you get the preferred. You—the preferred stockholder—will get the first dividends.

1968 Times 25 June 27/3 It had already declared publicly its resistance to the Rank offer, and made no bones of its acceptance of Kent as the preferred partner.

2000 Printing World 7 Feb. 27 (advt.) Dornier Printing Machinery Limited. The industry's preferred partner for sheetfed offset presses.

preferred provider n. originally and chiefly U.S. a health-care provider (such as a doctor, clinic, etc.) offering reduced-cost treatment to subscribers to a particular health-care plan or insurer; frequently attributive (cf. preferred provider organization n.).

ΚΠ

1982 Business Week 8 Feb. 62/3 Employees..are offered financial incentives to utilize designated ‘preferred providers’.

2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Jan. a10/1 Less-stringent products that have become popular with consumers and employers, including preferred-provider networks and point-of-service plans.

preferred provider organization n. originally and chiefly U.S. an organization that gives its members access to a network of health-care providers at a much-reduced fee, and also allows patients to consult such providers from outside this network on less advantageous terms; abbreviated PPO.

ΚΠ

1982 Business Week 8 Feb. 62/3 Another new form of competitive health plan is the so-called ‘preferred-provider organizations’. In such plans, employees are free to go to their regular physicians under their ordinary insurance coverage but are offered financial incentives to utilize designated ‘preferred providers’—doctors and hospitals that agree to combine efficient practice styles with discounted fees.

2002 Time 28 Jan. 29/3 Preferred provider organization..is a hybrid of managed care, as delivered through an HMO, and the old-fashioned fee-for-service plan. In a PPO, you can go to any doctor you want. But out-of-pocket costs are much higher if you go outside the plan's network of providers.

preferred share n. chiefly North American a share which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, the payment of which takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends; = preference share n. at preference n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > types of shares

bonus share1823

preference share1842

preferred share1842

qualification shares1846

pref1849

financial1864

founder's-shares1889

preference1890

preferred1891

ordinary1898

participation1916

equity1930

leader1938

Euroequity1969

small cap1984

1842 Times 26 Oct. 2/5 (advt.) West London Railway.—Original capital £150,000; new capital £32,000, in 3,200 preferred shares of the first class, at £20 each, to be issued at the reduced price of £10 per share.

1867 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 120 The issuing of preferred shares.

1921 Los Angeles Times 6 Mar. v. 11/1 Moderate buying of motors and the preferred shares of such inactive issues as American Woolen infused additional steadiness to the list.

1993 Globe & Mail Rep. on Business Feb. 55/2 Investing for income—in bonds and preferred shares, mostly—was an approach largely abandoned in the inflationary postwar period when growth seemed to be the only investment goal worth having.

preferred stock n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) stock which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, the payment of which takes priority over that of other stocks; = preference stock n. at preference n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > bought, sold, or dealt on particular terms

bear1709

bull1714

bearskin1719

trust stock1733

preference stock1845

preferred stock1848

trustee stock1855

short1868

privileged stock1875

future1880

junior stock1914

curb-stocks1915

long1930

junk bond1974

1848 Brooklyn Daily Eagle & Kings County Democrat 1 Apr. 2/4 The Governor has signed the bill giving the Harlem railroad the right to issue a million and a half of preferred stock, for the purpose of paying off their debt.

1868 Times 20 Aug. 7/5 The preferred stock having a fixed maximum dividend of 6 per cent.

1939 Fortune Oct. 46/3 The company has never borrowed from the banks; it retired its $39,285,000 of preferred stock with cash.

2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Oct. c1/2 Preferred stock is an unusual investment that behaves like debt yet is actually equity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	preferred
释义	preferredadj.n. Brit. /prᵻˈfəːd/, U.S. /priˈfərd/, /prəˈfərd/ Forms: late Middle English preferryd, 1500s prefarde, 1600s– preferred. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prefer v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < prefer v. + -ed suffix¹. A. adj. †1. Put in a privileged or more eminent position. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 290 Preferryd, prepositus, prelatus. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. viii. 84 We call not those things which are in the first place, the preferred or promoted, but those which are in the second. 1846 Southern Q. Rev. Oct. 446 Equal and fair legislation will never have place in the United States, until the preferred and protected classes ‘begin to fall out among themselves, and cease to make a common prey of others’. 2. Of a person: that has obtained preferment or promotion; advanced to high office. Also of an office: †obtained by preferment, more senior (obsolete). Now rare. ΚΠ c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 89 To all prelattis..be quhatsumeuir tytillis they salbe named, on any preferred dignitie they salbe premoved unto. 1728 J. Swift Intelligencer (1729) No. 7. 62 Censorious upon all his Brethren..while they continued meanly preferred. 1812 Burke's Speech Act of Uniformity 1772 in Wks. V. 328 They want to be preferred Clergymen in the Church of England as by Law established, but their consciences will not suffer them to conform to the doctrines and practices of that Church. 1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) VIII. xlix. 34 Individual injustice is not to be always excused by the merits of the preferred functionary. 3. Of a bill, charge, etc.: submitted or presented for approval or consideration. Cf. prefer v. 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [adjective] > put forward proposedc1450 preferred1651 suggested1660 1651 Lady E. Douglas Restitution of Prophecy 9 In which preferred Bill, this long Proces wherein shuned, anatomized that mankinde Grandams mery, and hers like Daughter, &c. 1771 M. A. Meilan Emilia i. i. 6 I..was lately cited T'appear before the judge, and there, make answer To a preferred charge of grossest treason. 1873 Times 5 Feb. 5/6 It is necessary that civilians should remark that in these singly preferred petitions, the grievances complained of are not of a purely disciplinary nature. 1907 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 13 May 4/2 Their innocence of the preferred charge against them will not..exonerate them from the charge of preaching an industrial and social policy that is damning to the best interests of the wage workers of the country. 1993 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div.: Crown Office List (CO /1321–2/91) (Lexis) 19 Feb. Approaching this matter would have been proper if the preferred charge has been so framed. 4. Having priority in a claim to payment. Now chiefly in preferred share n., preferred stock n. at Compounds. Cf. preference n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [adjective] > having prior right to payment preferred1748 1748 J. Denholm Petition to Lords of Council & Session 26 July The whole of the Price, in the Petitioner's Hand as Purchaser, is exhausted by the preferred Debt of the said deceast James Denholm, to which the Petitioner has Right in manner above mentioned. 1760 J. Burnett Memorial for Creditors of Sir Archibald Cockburn 10 So that, according to the Doctrine of these Objectors, the Matter would be endless, and there would be no Security for any preferred Creditor, even after the Money is in his Pocket. 1829 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 11 Nov. Preferred Creditors.—By a recent acrocet of the legislature of New York, a change has been made in the law relative to preferred creditors. 1845 Times 29 Mar. 2/4 The payment will be paid without prejudice in respect to the claim of the subscribers for preferred dividends as mentioned on the scrip certificates or otherwise. 1890 Financial News 31 July 1/4 The passage of the preferred dividend by the directors of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway is regarded as consistent with policy. 1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 201 In 1805..he [sc. Marshall] found..authority for a law making the United States a preferred creditor. 1928 New Statesman 28 July (Finance Suppl.) p. vi The balance of profits remaining after the fixed dividends have been paid on the Preferred capital. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 June b9/1 Doubts about whether Trizec will continue to make debt payments and declare preferred share dividends. 5. a. Most favoured; desired by preference. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > relating to preference > chosen in preference to others predilectc1475 pre-electc1475 elective1643 preferable1747 preferential1754 predilected1767 preferred1777 1777 C. Caraccioli Life Ld. Clive III. 403 It is no wonder, that the lust of riches should readily embrace the preferred means of its gratification. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose xvi. 235 To show the Covenanters the difference between the preferred Argyle and the postponed Montrose, was a picture too flattering to feudal vengeance to be easily relinquished. 1871 E. F. Burr Ad Fidem xiv. 273 Twist, and strain, and mutilate facts, into a preferred shape. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 7/1 The popular rose-motif, in filet, serves very prettily, although any preferred design may be chosen. 1982 T. Keneally Schindler's Ark v. 70 The Ump-pa-pa of Viennese waltzes was the preferred beat of the SS. 2004 Media Week 4 May 32/2 Mobiles have replaced land lines as the preferred method of communication. b. Engineering and Science. Designating a set of numbers forming an approximate geometrical progression and taken as the officially recommended values of a dimension or other characteristic with which standard components should be made, so as to cover most efficiently the range of possible requirements. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [adjective] > of sets > of sequences > progression geometrical1543 harmonical1569 progressional1570 musical1589 equidifferent1696 harmonic1706 synharmonic1850 preferred1922 1922 Mech. Engin. 44 791/1 A careful study of manufactured articles shows that even when sizes are determined by utility or use value, the choice of size is largely arbitrary. It is therefore obvious that if certain numerical values are universally accepted as preferred values, and if they are so spaced and of such extent as to fit in with all requirements met in deciding on sizes to be used, the arbitrary choices may be so made as to yield sizes expressible in terms of these preferred numbers. 1962 S. Handel Dict. Electronics 269 Manufacturers and users of electrical and electronic components such as fixed resistors and capacitors find that there are advantages in standardizing component values and adopt preferred values so that each value differs from the preceding one by a constant multiplier. 2005 Electronics Lett. 41 366/2 Component requirements generated by the design methodology will not provide preferred values. 6. Science. Of a property, value, etc.: exhibited or adopted by a natural system or object more commonly than, or to the exclusion of, possible alternatives. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > [adjective] > of relative size of ions preferred1902 the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > [adjective] > relating to energy values preferred1902 the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystals (other miscellaneous) > [adjective] > orientation preferred1902 preferential1913 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > of the most frequently occurring kind > most commonly exhibited by a natural system preferred1902 1902 Science June 884/1 The loose ions..moved about in the liquid with no definite preferred direction. 1971 Nature 4 June 306/2 The wind has a strongly preferred direction up and down the length of the steep-sided Loch. 1989 J. Silk Big Bang (rev. ed.) i. 6 When the universe was young..the expansion might have been anisotropic, occurring rapidly in some preferred direction and simultaneously allowing collapse in different directions. 1997 Agric. Res. Dec. 8/1 Each crop has a preferred temperature range at which it grows best. B. n. As a count noun: a preferred share (usually in plural). Also as a mass noun: such shares collectively; preferred stock. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > types of shares bonus share1823 preference share1842 preferred share1842 qualification shares1846 pref1849 financial1864 founder's-shares1889 preference1890 preferred1891 ordinary1898 participation1916 equity1930 leader1938 Euroequity1969 small cap1984 1891 Times 21 Sept. 11/2 On the week Readings have gained 6³/ ₈.., Wabash Preferreds 4³/ ₄..and the rest of the list an average of over 2 points. 1949 Illiois Agric. Assoc. Rec. Oct. 11/2 The class ‘A’ preferred was to be sold to individuals. 1975 B. S. Quinn New Euromarkets v. 71 It [sc. the term Euroequity] is used to cover various types of security, including..eurobonds with warrants, offshore convertible preferreds, and various other types of share issue for which there is no accepted name. 2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Sept. c15/1 Convertible bonds and preferreds are proving increasingly popular with dedicated convertible funds, fixed-income funds and arbitrage funds. Compounds preferred holder n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) a holder of preferred stock (see preferred stock n.).Sometimes contrasted with common holder n. 2. ΚΠ 1851 Rep. to Stockholders (Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.) 16 The amount paid the Preferred holders,..$51,731 65. 1915 Kernel Finance & Politics for Everybody May Though the preferred holder may own a box of candy up on a very high shelf,..the common holder..owns the step ladder. 1984 Harvard Law Rev. 97 1964 The preferred stock typically carries special redemption and conversion privileges. The preferred holders are entitled to redeem their shares for cash if an outside entity acquires control of the company. 2021 NewsBites Finance Newswire (Nexis) 8 Jan. Series A Preferred holders of record on July 15, 2019, will be entitled to receive the full monthly dividend for July. preferred lie n. Golf a shot where a player may reposition his or her ball within a defined area on the fairway without penalty, usually because of adverse weather conditions; (also) (usually in plural) the practice of playing with local rules that allow such shots (not usually permitted in professional golf); cf. winter rules n. at winter n.¹ Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1926 Washington Post 17 Aug. 17/4 The question at issue is whether the Congressional course must be played with preferred lies, as the professionals are unanimous in agreeing that a qualification round for a championship event should not be played under anything like winter rules. 1977 Golf Mag. June 26 Most amateurs continually play preferred lies and when they get in a pro-am they have to play the ball as it lies. 1993 Official Rules Golf (U.S. Golf Assoc. & Royal & Ancient Golf Club St. Andrews) App. i. 165 The USGA does not endorse ‘preferred lies’ and ‘winter rules’ and recommends that the Rules of Golf be observed uniformly. preferred orientation n. Crystallography and Metallurgy an orientation which crystals in a material tend to adopt or in which they tend to form, usually because of applied stress. ΚΠ 1929 Chem. Abstr. 23 1051 The detn. of the presence and the quant. description of preferred orientations in cryst. masses. 1956 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 183 99/2 The Zn coating on galvanized wire shows no preferred orientation. 2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. v. 205 Polycrystalline uranium normally has a preferred orientation of the population of grains. preferred partner n. Business (a) (in early use) a business partner who has priority in a claim to payment (cf. sense A. 4); (b) a person who, or company, enterprise, etc., which, is the primary choice for conducting business with. ΚΠ 1912 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 10 Oct. 3/1 He is going to make you a preferred partner in all the word implies. He will receive common stock, while you get the preferred. You—the preferred stockholder—will get the first dividends. 1968 Times 25 June 27/3 It had already declared publicly its resistance to the Rank offer, and made no bones of its acceptance of Kent as the preferred partner. 2000 Printing World 7 Feb. 27 (advt.) Dornier Printing Machinery Limited. The industry's preferred partner for sheetfed offset presses. preferred provider n. originally and chiefly U.S. a health-care provider (such as a doctor, clinic, etc.) offering reduced-cost treatment to subscribers to a particular health-care plan or insurer; frequently attributive (cf. preferred provider organization n.). ΚΠ 1982 Business Week 8 Feb. 62/3 Employees..are offered financial incentives to utilize designated ‘preferred providers’. 2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Jan. a10/1 Less-stringent products that have become popular with consumers and employers, including preferred-provider networks and point-of-service plans. preferred provider organization n. originally and chiefly U.S. an organization that gives its members access to a network of health-care providers at a much-reduced fee, and also allows patients to consult such providers from outside this network on less advantageous terms; abbreviated PPO. ΚΠ 1982 Business Week 8 Feb. 62/3 Another new form of competitive health plan is the so-called ‘preferred-provider organizations’. In such plans, employees are free to go to their regular physicians under their ordinary insurance coverage but are offered financial incentives to utilize designated ‘preferred providers’—doctors and hospitals that agree to combine efficient practice styles with discounted fees. 2002 Time 28 Jan. 29/3 Preferred provider organization..is a hybrid of managed care, as delivered through an HMO, and the old-fashioned fee-for-service plan. In a PPO, you can go to any doctor you want. But out-of-pocket costs are much higher if you go outside the plan's network of providers. preferred share n. chiefly North American a share which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, the payment of which takes priority over that of ordinary share dividends; = preference share n. at preference n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > types of shares bonus share1823 preference share1842 preferred share1842 qualification shares1846 pref1849 financial1864 founder's-shares1889 preference1890 preferred1891 ordinary1898 participation1916 equity1930 leader1938 Euroequity1969 small cap1984 1842 Times 26 Oct. 2/5 (advt.) West London Railway.—Original capital £150,000; new capital £32,000, in 3,200 preferred shares of the first class, at £20 each, to be issued at the reduced price of £10 per share. 1867 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 120 The issuing of preferred shares. 1921 Los Angeles Times 6 Mar. v. 11/1 Moderate buying of motors and the preferred shares of such inactive issues as American Woolen infused additional steadiness to the list. 1993 Globe & Mail Rep. on Business Feb. 55/2 Investing for income—in bonds and preferred shares, mostly—was an approach largely abandoned in the inflationary postwar period when growth seemed to be the only investment goal worth having. preferred stock n. chiefly North American (originally U.S.) stock which entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, the payment of which takes priority over that of other stocks; = preference stock n. at preference n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > bought, sold, or dealt on particular terms bear1709 bull1714 bearskin1719 trust stock1733 preference stock1845 preferred stock1848 trustee stock1855 short1868 privileged stock1875 future1880 junior stock1914 curb-stocks1915 long1930 junk bond1974 1848 Brooklyn Daily Eagle & Kings County Democrat 1 Apr. 2/4 The Governor has signed the bill giving the Harlem railroad the right to issue a million and a half of preferred stock, for the purpose of paying off their debt. 1868 Times 20 Aug. 7/5 The preferred stock having a fixed maximum dividend of 6 per cent. 1939 Fortune Oct. 46/3 The company has never borrowed from the banks; it retired its $39,285,000 of preferred stock with cash. 2001 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 Oct. c1/2 Preferred stock is an unusual investment that behaves like debt yet is actually equity. 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