giving an advantage to a particular person or group 优先的;优惠的;优待的 Don't expect to get preferential treatment. 不要指望受到优待。 Bank employees usually get preferential rates of interest. 银行员工通常会获得优惠利率。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPreferential is used with these nouns:- rate
- tariff
- treatment
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: from preference, on the pattern of differential.