preferment
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Is preferment a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of preferment?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.
2. (obsolete) The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.).Examples: "But consider—you need not be afraid of delegating power to me. I am no young lady on her preferment. Married women, you know, may be safely authorised."; "A mind warranted from prejudice, hath a marvellous preferment [translating avancement] to tranquility."
3. (now rare) The fact of preferring something; preference.
Definition source: Wiktionary