Synonym: druthers, orientation, penchant, predilection, taste. Similar words: reference, difference, conference, make a difference, refer, different, interfere, inherent. Meaning: ['prefərəns] 
n. 1. a strong liking 2. a predisposition in favor of something 3. the right or chance to choose 4. grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties).
n. 1. a strong liking 2. a predisposition in favor of something 3. the right or chance to choose 4. grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties). 
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151 So the female preference for Clinton was 5 percentage points higher than the male preference.
152 The kind to use for preference is any variety which is labelled as polyunsaturated or as high in polyunsaturates.
153 The tenants of Coniston Hall were to have the preference for carting ore.
154 The recent well publicised survey of public opinion showed a clear preference for treatment in centres of excellence.
155 A preference for country living is clear, and in some remoter rural districts there was even a significant growth in population.
156 To some extent, this may indicate a lessening preference for the institutions of marriage.
157 Once again,(www.Sentencedict.com) the best way to determine whether a title is appropriate is to find out your readers' preference.
158 Other observers of the international situation did not share Franco's preference for inaction.
159 This was solved by the nuclear genes enforcing their preference for peace through unilateral disarmament.
160 They contend that the commissioner is required by law to enforce the anti-redlining regulation, regardless of personal preference.
161 Contrary to popular belief a preference for boys over girls is not universal.
162 Users in the past have shown a preference for the direct shelf approach.
163 The liquidity preference curve will tend to be less elastic.
164 Are shoppers somehow at fault if they have no concept of liquidity preference?
165 Subordinated loan stock will rank behind all unsecured creditors but ahead of preference shareholders and ordinary shareholders.
166 Most of us arrange our bedrooms based purely on personal preference.
167 After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift!
168 Sometimes this seems almost to rebuke me, to be a heavy price to pay for a simple preference of male anatomy.
169 His preference for very measured speeds in slow movements leads him to at least one serious miscalculation.
170 In neither case is there any need to invite the driver to express his preference for giving blood or urine.
171 However, companies generally show a preference for equity finance if it is possible.
172 Intuitive A gut feeling based on superficial understanding and emotional preference.
173 You can put me down for fifty Preference shares.
174 A polar bear has a preference for cold weather.
175 Last, unions warm to KPS's preference for traditional manufacturing.
176 I never exhibited the smallest preference for anyone else.
177 The primary end point was patient preference.
178 A window seat is my preference.
179 Ordinary shareholders receive dividend from profit after deducting the preference shares dividend.
180 Is there a culture of collaboration and a preference to avoid bruising takeover battles?
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