preferment.
Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
Meaning & usage
Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.).
Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion.
A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige.
The fact of preferring something; preference.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English preferment, preferrement, prefferment; equivalent to prefer + -ment.
A mixture of flour, water and yeast that is allowed to ferment prior to another baking process.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English ferment English preferment From pre- + ferment.
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