preferred

English

Alternative forms

• præferred (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈfɜːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈfɝd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Verb

preferred

1. simple past and past participle of prefer
2. simple past and past participle of preferre

Adjective

preferred (comparative more preferred, superlative most preferred)

1. favoured

Antonyms

• antipreferred

Derived terms

• nonpreferred
• preferred creditor
• preferredly
• preferredness
• preferred number
• preferred provider
• preferred stockholder
• unpreferred

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: привилегирован (bg) (privilegirovan) Catalan: preferit (ca) Czech: preferovaný, upřednostňovaný m Danish: foretrukken, foretrukket Esperanto: preferata Finnish: suositeltu (fi), ensisijainen (fi) French: préféré (fr) German: bevorzugt (de) Hungarian: preferált (hu), előnyben részesített Italian: preferito (it) Japanese: 好きな (すきな suki na) Norwegian: Bokmål: foretrukken, foretrukket Portuguese: preferido Russian: предпочита́емый (ru) (predpočitájemyj) Slovak: preferovaný m, uprednostnený m, uprednostňovaný m, uprednostňovaná f, uprednostňované n, uprednostnená f, uprednostnené n Spanish: preferido (es)

Noun

preferred (plural preferreds)

1. (finance) Preferred stock.
   • 2008 March 30, Gretchen Morgenson, “If You Can’t Sell, Good Luck”, in New York Times‎:

     Naturally, closed-end funds’ common shareholders love the juice that auction-rate preferreds provide.