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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Preferred stock.

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

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of prefer form-of, participle, past
2. 2
   simple past and past participle of preferre form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   favoured

Adjective

1. 1
   more desirable than another wordnet
2. 2
   preferred above all others and treated with partiality wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

assortedbest lovedbest-lovedbetterchoiceexclusive

Antonyms

All antonyms

antipreferred

Example

More examples

"It was so lovely a day that I preferred to walk."

Related phrases

preferred creditorpreferred numberpreferred providerpreferred stockholderpreferred stock

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