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privilege English

Meaning privilege meaning

What does privilege mean?
Definitions in simple English

privilege Noun

— A privilege is something special you are allowed to do or have. That is, not everyone is allowed to do or have it. Being able to drive is a privilege not a right. The privilege of the rich lords angered ordinary people in the French revolution.

privilege

— noun a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all — noun (= prerogative) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males — noun (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship — verb bestow a privilege upon

Synonyms privilege synonyms

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privilege English » English

right prerogative advantage perquisite immunity franchise charter special right favor exclusive right preference power ownership honour freedom favour exemption entitlement concession authority special rights special privilege special favour special favor special advantage rare honor profit prescription preferential treatment precedence personal right perk patent merit lead law honor have authority good omen good luck good fortune glory exception emolument due claim chance blessing

Topics privilege topics

What do people use privilege to talk about?
Social behavior Authority Status

High status
Work and occupation Work Difficult, impossible

Advantage

Conjugation privilege conjugation

How do you conjugate privilege?

privilege · verb

Examples privilege examples

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Simple sentences

The privilege is reserved exclusively for women.
He abused the privilege.
He must have abused the privilege.
Reading books ceased to be a privilege of a minority.
It's a privilege, not a right.
When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
We were granted the privilege of fishing in this bay.
Every privilege carries responsibility with it.
A right without a duty is a privilege.
Everyone has the right to be stupid. Some people just abuse that privilege.

Movie subtitles

WHICH ONE OF US IS GONNA HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SACRIFICING HIS LIFE?
Well, let's see, 10. no, 11 lawsuits and the privilege of being indicted by the grand jury, too.
When anybody takes me for a buggy ride, I don't like paying for the privilege.
Marriage by token is your privilege, sire.
God knows. I've earned the privilege to see her die.
And lose the privilege of arguing with my old friend?
It's a privilege to meet them, don't you think?
Count Rakonin asks the privilege of a few words, Your Highness.
I never thought I'd have the privilege of being entertained at Castle Frankenstein.
That's your privilege, sir.
Let me say, on behalf of myself and the others, that we consider it a great privilege to die for our country.
This is indeed a privilege.
Another privilege.
I don't envy you the privilege.
Can you give one reason you failed to take advantage of that privilege?
Reserving that privilege for yourself?
I reserve the privilege of choosing my friends.
It must be my privilege to entertain you.
At last, Your Majesty, I've achieved. the enviable privilege of entering these rooms.
I seem to have a faint recollection that you had that privilege before.
He has the privilege of being late for everything.
She claims the privilege of any beautiful woman and changes her mind before she's lost her suitor forever. Do you not agree?
But it's the privilege of a woman not to make sense.
Mr Halton, since I've had the privilege of enjoying your confidence, may I indulge in a little advice?
Yes. but it's a vanishing privilege.
In these days of greater equality between the sexes, perfume should not be the privilege of ladies only.
And I'll go on, until you take back the privilege you granted me.
It's a privilege, and with great privilege comes great responsibility.
So, too much privilege is bad for me.
Uh, to what do we owe this enormous privilege?
That's the artist's privilege.
If you will grant me the privilege. I'd like to submit your work to the Royal Academy when I get back.
I assume I shall have the privilege of having her pose for me.
I have the privilege and honor to bring to you the distributor of the prizes. The beloved scientific genius of The Republic. My very good friend.
Your sacred privilege of blowing each other to bits. is quite safe.
When anybody takes me for a buggy ride, I don't like having to pay for the privilege.
Amazing privilege of women's beauty or men's memories?
A privilege and a pleasure.
Today we have the rare privilege of distinguished visitors.

News and current affairs

Men and women had not risked their lives simply to return to the old days of class privilege and social deprivation.
As Managing Director of the IMF, I have had the privilege of working closely with Jim Wolfensohn, seeing up close a man with an extraordinary mission: the sustainable reduction of global poverty.
But, between the sub-prime US mortgage crisis and the dollar's ongoing decline, America's exorbitant privilege now looks a bit shaky.
The participants - who included dozens of foreign ministers - were unanimous in stressing that membership of the CD is a privilege.
Protesting the new version of America's exorbitant monetary privilege should be seen for what it is: a way of compensating for a real European powerlessness.
The power of indignation is a necessary component of a transparent and interdependent world that has lost the privilege of ignorance.
We have little more than two years to turn basic education from a privilege for some into a right for all.
In the past, culture was tied to privilege and wealth.
In fact, it signals the opposite--that the wider society itself is a hotbed of knowledge production, over which universities do not enjoy any special privilege or advantage.
In the former phase, academia generates new forms of social advantage and privilege, while in the latter phase, it eliminates them.
Taliban men no doubt believe that the subjugation of women is a cultural privilege, as well as a religious duty.
Nor could a country abuse the privilege, lest it be automatically withdrawn, causing the country's cost of borrowing to rise immediately.
Unlike the top-down, technical solutions that policymakers have usually favored, a solution based on the concept of food as an entitlement, not a privilege, would involve - and empower - multiple actors.
To be utterly boring, holding forth for hours on end, regardless of entertainment value, is the privilege of autocrats.
Witness how otherwise sensible adults are reduced to nervously grinning sycophants when they are granted the privilege of touching an extended royal hand.
Moreover, the inequities created by privilege, such as public-sector pension schemes and discretionary advantages for vested-interest groups, must be addressed.
Tom Sawyer pulled off that business strategy when he persuaded his friends to pay him for the privilege of taking over his hated chore, painting the picket fence.
It is no longer the privilege of the political class: testing a law for its constitutionality has become a right of all citizens.
From all accounts, he feels an even greater sense of responsibility to prove that he gained his position on the basis of merit, not privilege.
But, above all, it is an honor and a privilege to play such a role in our society, and I know that the vast majority of officials, legislators, judges, and civil servants with whom I've worked would agree.

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