privilege
(noun) a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right
(noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); “suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males”
privilege
(noun) (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
privilege, favor, favour
(verb) bestow a privilege upon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
privilege (countable and uncountable, plural privileges)
(ecclesiastical law, now, chiefly, historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. [from 8th c.]
(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. [from 10th c.]
Synonyms: franchise, freelage, immunity, prerogative, right
An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). [from 14th c.]
(uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms: advantage, foredeal
A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members. [from 16th c.]
Synonym: immunity
(countable, US, finance, now, rare) A stock market option. [from 19th c.]
(legal) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
(computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.
Synonym: permission
• claim, liberty
privilege (third-person singular simple present privileges, present participle privileging, simple past and past participle privileged)
(archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
(archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Source: Wiktionary
Priv"i*lege, n. Etym: [F. privilège, L. privilegium an ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, legis, law. See Private, and Legal.]
1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman. Kettlewell. The privilege birthright was a double portion. Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. Burke.
2. (Stockbroker's Cant)
Definition: See Call, Put, Spread, etc. Breach of privilege. See under Breach.
– Question of privilege (Parliamentary practice), a question which concerns the security of a member of a legislative body in his special privileges as such.
– Water privilege, the advantage of having machinery driven by a stream, or a place affording such advantage. [ U. S.] -- Writ of privilege (Law), a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit. Blackstone.
Syn.
– Prerogative; immunity; franchise; right; claim; liberty.
– Privilege, Prerogative. Privilege, among the Romans, was something conferred upon an individual by a private law; and hence, it denotes some peculiar benefit or advantage, some right or immunity, not enjoyed by the world at large. Prerogative, among the Romans, was the right of voting first; and, hence, it denotes a right of precedence, or of doing certain acts, or enjoying certain privileges, to the exclusion of others. It is the privilege of a member of Congress not to be called in question elsewhere for words uttered in debate. It is the prerogative of the president to nominate judges and executive officers. It is the privilege of a Christian child to be instructed in the true religion. It is the prerogative of a parent to govern and direct his children.
Priv"i*lege, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Privileged; p. pr. & vb. n. Privileging.] Etym: [Cf. F. privilégier.]
1. To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. To privilege dishonor in thy name. Shak.
2. To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
