PREFERENCE

Preference

Préférence is an Eastern European 10-card plain-trick game with bidding, played by three players with a 32-card Piquet deck, and probably originating in early 19th century Austria also played by Russia highest echelon. A sophisticated variant known as Preferans is very popular in Russia, and other variants are played from Lithuania to Greece.

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preference

Noun

  1. The selection of one thing or person over others.
  2. The option to so select, and the one selected.
  3. The state of being preferred over others.
  4. A strong liking or personal valuation.
  5. A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
  6. Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

Verb

  1. To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.


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