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What does preferential mean?

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  1. Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.
  2. Of or relating to a voting system in which the voters are allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference (usually their first and second choices) between two or more candidates, so that if no candidate receives a majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together is the winner.
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The prospectus will also outline the terms of the preferential share offer, allowing investors to buy further stock at a discount.
They have enormous buying power and consequently get preferential treatment from suppliers.
I accept that a print service provider would not fall into the category of a preferential creditor.
The sample was dichotomized based on a median split of preferential negative encoding.
For example, as universal as preferential exclusion may be for stabilizers, it does not always correlate with effects on protein function.
Austria would prefer Turkey to get a preferential partnership rather than full membership.

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