Usually means: Favoring one option over others.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word preference:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. preference: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. preference: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preference: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preference: Collins English Dictionary
  5. preference: Vocabulary.com
  6. Preference, preference: Wordnik
  7. preference: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. preference: Wiktionary
  9. preference: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. preference: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. preference: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. preference: Dictionary.com
  13. preference: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Preference (disambiguation), Preference (economics), Preference: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Preference: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. preference: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. preference: Rhymezone
  18. preference: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. preference: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. preference: Free Dictionary
  21. preference: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. preference: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. preference: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. preference: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Preference (behaviour), Preference (disambiguation), preference: Legal dictionary
  9. Preference (behaviour), Preference (disambiguation), Preference: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Preference: Cybernetics and Systems
  2. Preference (behaviour), Preference (disambiguation), preference: Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Preference, Preference: Card Games

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
noun:  The option to so select, and the one selected.
noun:  The state of being preferred over others.
noun:  A strong liking or personal valuation.
noun:  A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
verb:  (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
noun:  Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

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