Talk:preference

Etymology
Supposedly this comes from Medieval Latin's praeferentia? 97.80.159.223 06:22, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Verb?
Judge Loretta Preska: "The law does not mandate ‘work-life balance'. In a company like Bloomberg, which explicitly makes all-out dedication its expectation, making a decision that preferences family over work comes with consequences." Equinox ◑ 10:05, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems to be a US usage. Added. SemperBlotto 10:13, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I see it today used as a verb in AUS: http://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/article/2016/05/11/how-cope-when-youve-been-broken-party-you-used-preference. Also, the definition is pretty poor. Sadsaque (talk) 00:29, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

RFV discussion: July 2012
Rfv-sense: A card game.

Not at WP. There might be a children's card game, but searching for "attention is a card game" got one hit, not in this sense. Searching for "Attention" and "card game" gets a lot of irrelevant hits. DCDuring TALK 16:42, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Attention? Anyway, added three cites to citations:preference, one of which is for Preference. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 17:31, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I hadn't noticed my mindfart, which is what started the RfV. Sorry. DCDuring TALK 18:25, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * See also préférence and preferans. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 17:33, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I should have looked at the translations. преферанс helped me find the WP article. The Russian-associated citations made me look there. We also now have preferans. Cited, IMO. Tag removed. DCDuring TALK 18:22, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with the outcome, but isn't such a quick closure inconsistent with your objection to the closure on Greenpeace? bd2412 T 20:29, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Feel free to unstrike. The RfV was due to my faulty search. For some unknown reason, I had been repeatedly searching for the wrong word. DCDuring TALK 20:35, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * No point in unstriking now. The word is cited. bd2412 T 21:14, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

preference shares, preference stock
Chambers 1908 has these: "shares or stock on which the dividends must be paid before those on other kinds". Equinox ◑ 16:26, 14 September 2019 (UTC) plural noun U.K. Australia New Zealand (finance) Same as preferred stock equity stock whose holders are the first to receive dividends from available profit. Preferred stock is redeemed before common stock when a company is liquidated --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:26, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

in preference to
​rather than --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:47, 8 December 2020 (UTC)