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What does seniority mean?

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Noun
  1. A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
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The barracks allowed us to be separated from those with genuine seniority and rank and provided us a space to turn on each other.
Attitudes are learnt through observation of those in relative power or seniority.
Under the old agreement, pensions ceased to increase in value beyond 30 years of seniority.
They will also enjoy a right of seniority in the different public departments in which they work.
Lieutenants were just lieutenants, without the division of sub-lieutenants, but their seniority was all-important, and taken from the Navy list.
It is a matter of record that he, despite his seniority in the Metropolitan Police, has recently pounded the beat and personally made arrests.

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