preferential treatment
1preferential treatment — index favor (partiality), inequity, nepotism, partiality Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2preferential treatment — prioritized treatment, privilege, precedence …
3preferential treatment — /ˌprɛfərɛnʃəl ˈtritmənt/ (say .prefuhrenshuhl treetmuhnt) noun preference given to someone as in employment, allocation of shares, etc., on the basis of something other than merit …
4preferential — pref‧e‧ren‧tial [ˌprefəˈrenʆl◂] adjective [only before a noun] preferential treatment, a preferential rate etc is deliberately more favourable in order to give an advantage to particular people, organizations etc: • Norway develops domestic oil… …
5treatment — treat‧ment [ˈtriːtmənt] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a particular way of dealing with someone or something: • The range of permissible accounting treatments is amazingly broad. • The investigation found that some contractors received… …
6preferential — pref·e·ren·tial /ˌpre fə ren chəl/ adj 1: of or constituting a preference a preferential transfer 2: giving preference to union members esp. in hiring a preferential shop 3: showing preference these creditors may obtain preferential …
7treatment — n. care cure 1) to administer, give, provide treatment 2) to get, receive, undergo treatment 3) to respond to treatment 4) inpatient; medical; outpatient; radiation; shock treatment 5) treatment for (to undergo treatment for alcoholism) 6) under… …
8treatment — treat|ment [ tritmənt ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the process of providing medical care: medical/dental/psychiatric treatment treatment of: These drugs are for the treatment of tropical diseases. treatment for: They were taken to Cape Cod hospital… …
9treatment */*/*/ — UK [ˈtriːtmənt] / US [ˈtrɪtmənt] noun Word forms treatment : singular treatment plural treatments 1) a) [uncountable] the process of providing medical care treatment of: These drugs are for the treatment of tropical diseases. treatment for: They… …
10preferential — pref|er|en|tial [ ,prefə renʃl ] adjective giving one person or group an advantage over others: preferential treatment: Europe has given Caribbean banana growers preferential treatment for more than 20 years. ╾ pref|er|en|tial|ly adverb …
