PRIORITY

priority. Priority, n. a being first in rank, precedence

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Pri‐or″i‐ty (?), n. [[Cf. F. priorité. See Prior, a.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application.
2. 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak.
Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others. Syn. — Antecedence; precedence; preëminence.