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Seniority

//siːnɪˈɒɹɪti// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer. countable, uncountable

    "It's an old-fashioned company, with parking spaces and other perks doled out on the basis of seniority."

  2. 2
    the property of being long-lived wordnet
  3. 3
    higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English senyoryte, from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (“elder”).

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