privilege
- privilege
n.
1) to award, give, grant a privilege
2) to enjoy, exercise; have a privilege (to enjoy guest privileges)
4) to revoke; suspend a privilege
5) a class; exclusive; special privilege
6) franking; guest; kitchen privileges
8) a privilege to + inf. (it was a privilege to work with them = it was a privilege working with them)
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['prɪvɪlɪdʒ]
grant a privilege
kitchen privileges
special privilege
suspend a privilege
have a privilege
a class
executive privilege
franking
to abuse a privilege
to award
to enjoy
to revoke
a privilege to + inf.
Combinatory dictionary.
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Privilege — Priv i*lege, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Privileged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Privileging}.] [Cf. F. privil[ e]gier.] [1913 Webster] 1. To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
privilege — (n.) mid 12c. (recorded earlier in Old English, but as a Latin word), from O.Fr. privilege (12c.), from L. privilegium law applying to one person, later privilege, from privus individual (see PRIVATE (Cf. private)) + lex (gen. legis) law (see… … Etymology dictionary
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