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21preference share capital — UK US noun [U] US also preferred capital) FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► money that a company has from selling preference shares. Shareholders with these shares must be paid before those with ordinary shares when a company is paying dividends or if it… …
22preference theory — seeks to provide an empirically based, predictive explanation for the differentiated choices women make between productive work and reproductive work in rich modern societies, after the contraceptive revolution gave women control over their own… …
23Preference elicitation — refers to the problem of developing a decision support system capable of generating recommendations to a user, thus assisting him in decision making. It is important for such a system to model user s preferences accurately, find hidden… …
24preference — a payment by a debtor made during a specified period (90 days or one year) prior to the filing that favors one creditor over others. Preference payments can usually be recovered and returned to the debtor s estate (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy… …
25preference — [n1] first choice alternative, choice, cup of tea*, desire, druthers*, election, favorite, flash*, groove, inclination, option, partiality, pick, predilection, prepossession, propensity, say, say so*, selection, top, weakness; concepts 20,529,709 …
26preference — [pref′ər əns] n. [MFr préférence < ML praeferentia < L praeferens, prp. of praeferre, to PREFER] 1. a preferring or being preferred; greater liking 2. the right, power, or opportunity of prior choice or claim 3. something preferred; one s… …
27Préférence — (franz., spr. āngß , »Vorzug«), Kartenspiel zwischen drei Personen, das mit der deutschen Karte gespielt wird, und in dem die Mehrheit der Stiche den Gewinn entscheidet. Es hat seinen Namen von dem Vorzug, der darin einer Farbe vor der andern… …
28Preference — (frz., spr. rángß), ein Kartenspiel mit Pikettkarte unter drei Personen; Reihenfolge der Farben: Rot, Schellen, Grün, Eicheln …
29preference shareholder — Shares which have preferred rights which rank ahead of ordinary shares. The rights are commonly (1) a dividend of fixed percentage of their nominal value payable annually on set dates, often cumulative (i.e. if not paid the dividend is carried… …
30preference or preferred creditors — Those creditors, in the Bankruptcy and insolvency Act specified in Section 136, that rank ahead of ordinary or unsecured creditors. Some preferred creditors are employees for wages, and a landlord for some specified rental arrears. (Dictionary of …
