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prerogative
pre·rog·a·tive P0534000 (prĭ-rŏg′ə-tĭv)n.1. An exclusive right or privilege held by a person or group, especially a hereditary or official right. See Synonyms at right.2. The exclusive right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge: "Encyclicals became direct exercises of papal prerogative" (Garry Wills).adj. Of, arising from, or exercising a prerogative.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praerogātīva, feminine of praerogātīvus, asked first, from praerogātus, past participle of praerogāre, to ask before : prae-, pre- + rogāre, to ask; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·rog′a·tived adj.prerogative (prɪˈrɒɡətɪv) n1. an exclusive privilege or right exercised by a person or group of people holding a particular office or hereditary rank2. any privilege or right3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a power, privilege, or immunity restricted to a sovereign or sovereign governmentadjhaving or able to exercise a prerogative[C14: from Latin praerogātīva privilege, earlier: group with the right to vote first, from prae before + rogāre to ask, beg for]pre•rog•a•tive (prɪˈrɒg ə tɪv, pəˈrɒg-)
n. 1. an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like. 2. a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category. 3. a power, immunity, or the like restricted to a sovereign government or its representative. 4. Obs. precedence. adj. 5. having or exercising a prerogative. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin praerogātīvus (adj.) voting first, praerogātīva (n. use of feminine adj.) tribe or century with right to vote first. See pre-, interrogative] syn: See privilege. privilege, prerogative - A privilege is a right that may be extended to a group or a number of people; a prerogative is a right that, customarily, is vested in a single person.See also related terms for privilege.
prerogative - Comes from Latin praerogare, "ask before others," and came to mean "right to precedence, privilege."See also related terms for privilege.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | prerogative - a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"exclusive right, perquisite, privilegeright - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"easement - (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)privilege of the floor - the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session |
prerogativenoun right, choice, claim, authority, title, due, advantage, sanction, liberty, privilege, immunity, exemption, birthright, droit, perquisite I thought it was a woman's prerogative to change her mind?prerogativenoun1. A privilege granted a person, as by virtue of birth:appanage, birthright, perquisite, right.Law: droit.2. The right and power to command, decide, rule, or judge:authority, command, control, domination, dominion, jurisdiction, mastery, might, power, sovereignty, sway.Informal: say-so.Translationsprerogative (prəˈrogətiv) noun a special right or privilege belonging to a person because of his rank, position etc. 特權 特权
prerogative
prerogative a power, privilege, or immunity restricted to a sovereign or sovereign government Prerogative (Russian, prerogativa), an exclusive right belonging to some state body or official. An example of a prerogative is the right of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to pass laws of the USSR. The Supreme Soviet’s prerogatives include the ratification of the USSR’s national economic plan and the state budget, as well as the report on the execution of the budget. The Supreme Soviet also has the prerogative to admit new Union republics to the USSR. prerogative
PrerogativeAn exclusive privilege. The special power or peculiar right possessed by an official by virtue of his or her office. In English Law, a discretionary power that exceeds and is unaffected by any other power; the special preeminence that the monarch has over and above all others, as a consequence of his or her sovereignty. The term prerogative is occasionally used by writers of law to refer to the object over which royal powers are exercised, such as fiscal prerogatives, which are the revenues of the king or queen. prerogative see ROYAL PREROGATIVE.PREROGATIVE, civil law. The privilege, preeminence, or advantage which one person has over another; thus a person vested with an office, is entitled to all the rights, privileges, prerogatives, &c. which belong to it. PREROGATIVE, English law. The royal prerogative is an arbitrary power vested in the executive to do good and not evil. Rutherf. Inst. 279; Co. Litt. 90; Chit. on Prerog.; Bac. Ab. h.t. prerogative
Synonyms for prerogativenoun rightSynonyms- right
- choice
- claim
- authority
- title
- due
- advantage
- sanction
- liberty
- privilege
- immunity
- exemption
- birthright
- droit
- perquisite
Synonyms for prerogativenoun a privilege granted a person, as by virtue of birthSynonyms- appanage
- birthright
- perquisite
- right
- droit
noun the right and power to command, decide, rule, or judgeSynonyms- authority
- command
- control
- domination
- dominion
- jurisdiction
- mastery
- might
- power
- sovereignty
- sway
- say-so
Synonyms for prerogativenoun a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)Synonyms- exclusive right
- perquisite
- privilege
Related Words- right
- easement
- privilege of the floor
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