preferred thing
1preferred — Possessing or accorded a priority, advantage, or privilege. Generally denoting a prior or superior claim or right of payment as against another thing of the same kind or class; e.g. creditor with perfected security interest @ preferred creditor… …
2thing — n a synonym for scene, kick, vibe or trip in the sense of main activity or preferred ambience. This item of raffish or hip usage (originating in the USA, probably in the 1940s) has become a well estab lished colloquialism in such phrases as it s… …
3thing — any taboo object to which you refer allusively Such as a ghost, for which: Summut or Things is preferred. (Spectator, February 1902, quoted in EDD) or the penis, in uses both ancient and modern: So that s a maid now... shall not… …
4preferred — Having a preference. Having an advantage which another person does not have. In the case of a thing, having an advantage attached which another thing of the same character does not have. State ex ref. Thompson v Cheraw & Chester Railroad Co. 16… …
5United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
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7HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …
8international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
9Stoicism — Stoicism1 Brad Inwood 1 FROM SOCRATES TO ZENO More than eighty years passed between the death of Socrates in 399 BC and the arrival in Athens of Zeno in 312. Athenian society had undergone enormous upheavals, both political and social. The Greek… …
10ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …