preferentially

preferential | American Dictionary

preferential
adjective
us/ˌpref·əˈren·tʃəl/
better than that given to others:
Some prisoners had apparently received preferential treatment.

preferential | Business English

preferential
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˌprefərˈenʃəl/us
better than that which is given to others:
It is not acceptable, in a modern company, to give preferential treatment to your relatives and friends.
Bananas from Caribbean countries have traditionally enjoyed preferential access to the EU.
preferential rates/terms/arrangementsMembers can get preferential terms on services such as free mortgage valuations and discounts on personal loans.

Examples of preferential

preferential
We are now ready to analyse the effect of the introduction of preferential trading.
Developing regions with smaller preferential quotas stand to gain more from market liberalisation.
Its concerns have less to do with profound causes than with distributive goods, such as political appointments or preferential benefits in public policies.
In practice, many utility companies and government agencies still refuse to honour the preferential policy.
In fact, the preferential transmission of the 7-repeat allele from parents to disorganized children was not significant.
It is possible, however, that preferential systems can have moderating effects in other contexts.
Discrepancies between this study and earlier investigations are discussed with reference to differences between habituation and preferential looking tasks.
This preferential background reduces the force of necessity of the given instructions.
Thus, the multilateral process triggers the regionalization of the negotiation process and hence is complementary to the formation of preferential trading agreements.
The unequal distribution of benefits resulted in member states failing to implement agreed tariff reductions and preferential trade access agreements.
On the downside, this often resulted in preferential treatment for certain regions over others, depending upon the power holders' origins.
If the pollution charge is too low and the country exports the product which generates pollution, welfare may decline upon the introduction of preferential trading.
Equally, there is widespread agreement that preferential arrangements have been quite influential, exerting a substantial impact on the global trading system.
These models broadly differentiate between general background mixing, and preferential contacts within age groups.
Joint coordination of tariff reductions would allow the externalities from induced changes in cross-border pollution to be properly internalized when forming a preferential trading area.
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