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adj
Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
manifesting partiality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: discriminatory
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Medieval Latin preferentia + -al.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
