liked better or valued more highly; having preference
Her own preferred methods of exercise are hiking and long cycle rides.
I don't want to leave and my preferred option is to stay for another couple of years.
Mr Howard's rating as preferred prime minister fell by 5 percent.
Ipswich is the preferred site for an extension of the Queensland University campus.
▶ USAGE The abbreviation for preferred is pf.orpref.
Examples of 'preferred' in a sentence
preferred
Macquarie is understood to have been granted preferred bidder status in the autumn.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
For those with more modest budgets, wine fridges and drawers are the preferred options.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But they would have preferred another defender.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Friends insist his preferred option is to remain at the club.
The Sun (2012)
Instead of touring they preferred to stay at home and quietly bring up their families well away from the spotlight.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The 83-year-old animal lover preferred to stay with her injured pet instead.
The Sun (2008)
Gilts ended marginally higher as investors preferred to stay neutral after a sharp three-day rally.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Mill's preferred option of minority representation was no real solution.
Roper, Jon Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century (1989)
Know which of the options is your preferred solution, and why.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Now sources closer to the preferred bidder are talking about less than 180 million.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All related terms of 'preferred'
prefard
to like better or value more highly
prefer
If you prefer someone or something, you like that person or thing better than another, and so you are more likely to choose them if there is a choice .
preferred stock
Preferred stock is the same as → preference shares .
preferred option
An option is something that you can choose to do in preference to one or more alternatives .
preferred provider plan
A preferred provider plan is a health insurance plan in the U.S. written by an organization of hospitals and physicians who provide services to clients of a particular insurance company .
preferred ordinary shares
shares issued by a company that rank between preference shares and ordinary shares in the payment of dividends
preferred provider organization
→ PPO
preference shares
Preference shares are shares in a company that are owned by people who have the right to receive part of the company's profits before the holders of ordinary shares are paid. They also have the right to have their capital repaid if the company fails and has to close . Compare → ordinary shares .
preference stock
shares representing part of the capital issued by a company and entitling their holders to priority with respect to both net profit and net assets . Preference shares usually carry a definite rate of dividend that is generally lower than that declared on ordinary shares