Definition of "preferent" [preferent]

• Preferred above all others and treated with partiality (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Ils preferent les tordre dans tous les sens pour que ca rentre dans la boite."
• "The convention provides that specified claims of workers should have a rank higher than most other preferent claims, and in particular those of the state and the social security system."
• "With reference to this matter, we think that the undermining rights under bewaarplaatsen, machine stands, and water-rights should be valued on a reasonable basis, independently by the Government, and by the owner of the surface rights (should there be a difference which cannot be settled amicably, then the value can be fixed by arbitration), and that the surface owner shall have the preferent right to purchase the affected under-mining right at such a valuation."