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Adjective: preferential  `pre-fu'ren-shul
  1. Manifesting partiality
    "preferential tariff rates"; "preferential treatment"; "a preferential shop gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or promoting"
    - discriminatory

See also: advantageous, preference, preferentially

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