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preferment

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pre·fer·ment  (pr-fûrmnt)
n.
1. The act of advancing to a higher position or office; promotion.
2. A position, appointment, or rank giving advancement, as of profit or prestige.
3. The act of preferring or the state of being preferred.

preferment [prɪˈfɜːmənt]
n
1. the act of promoting or advancing to a higher position, office, etc.
2. the state of being preferred for promotion or social advancement
3. the act of preferring
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.preferment - the act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate"
promotion - act of raising in rank or position
2.preferment - the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"
accusal, accusation - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt

preferment
noun promotion, rise, upgrading, dignity, advancement, elevation, exaltation He was told by the governors that he could expect no further preferment.
Translations
preferment [prɪˈfɜːmənt] N (esp Rel) (= promotion) → ascenso m, promoción f; (= nomination) → nombramiento m (to a) to get prefermentser ascendido
preferment
n
(esp Eccl: = promotion) → Beförderung f
(Jur) preferment of chargesKlageerhebung f


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One day it offered itself to a Truly Good Man, who, after examining the label and finding the price was exactly twice as great as he was willing to pay, spurned the Political Preferment from his door.
We are now returning to Edinburgh in order to get some preferment in the Acting way; and such my Dear Cousin is our History.
But though this complacence to one whom the captain thoroughly despised, was not so uneasy to him as it would have been had any hopes of preferment made it necessary to show the same submission to a Hoadley, or to some other of great reputation in the science, yet even this cost him too much to be endured without some motive.
 
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