Meanings
adjectivepreferent (not comparable)
- not comparablePreferred or favoured.
The proceeds of the estate shall be distributed, first to the preferent creditors, in the order in which they respectively succeed, and then the remainder among the concurrent creditors, by dividend; […]
1823, William Wilberforce Bird, Henry Thomas Colebrooke, State of the Cape of Good Hope, in 1822, page 290
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepreferred above all others and treated with partiality
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Translations
Spanish preferente
- preferenteTranslations
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APA
preferent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preferent
MLA
“preferent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preferent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preferent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preferent.
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