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Preferential

/prˌɛfəˈrɛnʃəl/
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(adj) Of or relating to the showing or giving of preference.

There is a preferential price for unemployed people and the elderly.
He asked her to give him preferential treatment.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The company offered ____ rates to long-standing customers who had been with them for over five years.

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