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privilege

Posted on August 17, 2016August 16, 2016 by admin

prI və lihj

noun
1. a right, immunity, benefit, or advantage belonging or granted exclusively to a person, group, social class, rank, or the like.
His immigrant parents felt that being able to live in this country was a privilege. Officers have privileges that enlisted persons do not have.

2. the principle or condition of granting and preserving such exclusive rights or advantages.
In the past, admission to the prestigious university was largely based on privilege rather than academic merit.

transitive verb
to grant a privilege, immunity, or exemption to.
His rank privileges him to secret information.

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