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nounstatus established in order of importance or urgency
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nounpreceding in timeOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains priority
- come have a certain priority
- prioritize assign a priority to
- prioritise assign a priority to
- corporate bond a bond issued by a corporation; carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders
- preferred shares stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
- back burner reduced priority
- first mortgage a mortgage that has priority over all mortgages and liens except those imposed by law
- preferred stock stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
- background processing the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
- front burner top priority