Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - privilege
Privilege
privilege
n. & v. --n. 1 a a right, advantage, or immunity, belonging to a person, class, or office. b the freedom of members of a legislative assembly when speaking at its meetings. 2 a special benefit or honour (it is a privilege to meet you). 3 a monopoly or patent granted to an individual, corporation, etc. 4 US Stock Exch. an option. --v.tr. 1 invest with a privilege. 2 (foll. by to + infin.) allow (a person) as a privilege (to do something). 3 (often foll. by from) exempt (a person from a liability etc.). Derivatives privileged adj. Etymology: ME f. OF privilege f. L privilegium bill or law affecting an individual, f. privus private + lex legis law
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin privilegium law for or against a private person, from privus private + leg-, lex law Date: 12th century a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor ; prerogative, II. transitive verb (-leged; -leging) Date: 14th century to grant a ~ to, to accord a higher value or superior position to ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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