preference : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: preference	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for preference
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preference n a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney" Synonym(s): preference, penchant, predilection, taste a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation" Synonym(s): predilection, preference, orientation the right or chance to choose; "given my druthers, I'd eat cake" Synonym(s): preference, druthers grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preference \Pref"erence\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]f[82]rence.] 1. The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference. Leave the critics on either side to contend about the preference* due to this or that sort of poetry. --Dryden. Knowledge of things alone gives a value to our reasonings, and preference of one man's knowledge over another's. --Locke. 2. That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?