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Definition of Priority
1. Noun. Status established in order of importance or urgency. "National independence takes priority over class struggle"
Generic synonyms: High Status
Specialized synonyms: Back Burner, Front Burner
Derivative terms: Precedential, Prioritize
2. Noun. Preceding in time.
Generic synonyms: Earliness
Derivative terms: Antecede, Antecedent, Antecede, Antecedent, Anterior, Precede, Precedent, Precede, Prior, Prioritize
Antonyms: Posteriority
Definition of Priority
1. n. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
Definition of Priority
1. Noun. An item's relative importance. ¹
2. Noun. A goal of a person or an organisation. ¹
3. Noun. (taxonomy of a name) A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Priority
1. precedence established by importance [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Priority
Literary usage of Priority
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Fred Eugene Rosbrook (1921)
"statute gives a lien for wages or services, and the persons entitled to the lien
fall within the clause as to priority of claims therefor, the extent of the ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1912)
"And, emphasizing the priority of the United States, it was pointed out (p.
623) that the bankruptcy law declared that the United States should be first paid ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"priority of claims for taxée against tAe assets of a debtor. ... V. Nature and
extent of priority. VI. Subrogation of решит paying the tax. VII. ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"Ct. 859, all giving priority to debt for necessary supplies, on foreclosure;
Farmers' Loan ... 818, giving priority to claim for rent of can; Finance Co. v. ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"That to create л cnse, whore in case of insolvency the priority will attach, ...
Bryan & Woodcock, 9 Cranch, 377, which only says the priority given by the ..."
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