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- Dictionarypreferment/prɪˈfəːm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. promotion or appointment to a position or office: "after ordination, preferment was fast"
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PREFERMENT definition: the process by which someone receives a more important job, position, etc.: . Learn more.
- English (US)
the process by which someone receives a more important job,...
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PREFERMENT definicja: the process by which someone receives...
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1. a. : advancement or promotion in dignity, office, or station. b. : a position or office of honor or profit. 2. : priority or seniority in right especially to receive payment or to purchase property on equal terms with others. 3. : the act of bringing forward.
noun. 1. the act of preferring. 2. the state of being preferred. 3. advancement or promotion, esp. in the church. 4. a position or office affording social or pecuniary advancement.
noun. the act of preferring. the state of being preferred. advancement or promotion, especially in the church. a position or office affording social or pecuniary advancement. preferment. / prɪˈfɜːmənt /.
The noun preferment is a kind of promotion, like getting a better position or moving up the ranks at work. Preferment also means the act of liking one thing more than another.
the process by which someone receives a more important job, position, etc.: Not only does he bring the wisdom and good sense of years to his job, he is old enough not to be looking for any preferment. (Definition of preferment from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of preferment. preferment.
Definition of preferment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
