preferred

preferred

English

Alternative forms

• præferred (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈfɝd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈfɜːd/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d

Verb

preferred

1. simple past tense and past participle of prefer

Adjective

preferred (comparative more preferred, superlative most preferred)

1. favoured

Translations

favoured

Catalan: preferit Czech: preferovaný Finnish: suositeltu (fi), ensisijainen (fi) French: préféré (fr) Italian: preferito (it)

Norwegian: Bokmål: foretrukken, foretrukket Portuguese: preferido Spanish: preferido (es)

Noun

preferred (plural preferreds)

1. (finance) Preferred stock.
   • 2008 March 30, Gretchen Morgenson, “If You Can’t Sell, Good Luck”, in New York Times‎:

     Naturally, closed-end funds’ common shareholders love the juice that auction-rate preferreds provide.