(n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference.
(n.) That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?
Example Sentences:
(1) 5-HT thus appears to be the preferred substrate for uptake into platelets and for movement from cytoplasm to vesicles.
(2) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
(3) According to the finite element analysis, the design bases of fixed restorations applied in the teeth accompanied with the absorption of the alveolar bone were preferred.
(4) The G+C content of the third base of the codon in the tufB gene was 84.8% and G was especially preferred in this position.
(5) Communicating sustainability is a subtle attempt at doing good Read more And yet, in environmental terms it is infinitely preferable to prevent waste altogether, rather than recycle it.
(6) These observations suggest that the liver secretes disk-shaped lipid bilayer particles which represent both the nascent form of high density lipoproteins and preferred substrate for lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase.
(7) It said 70 of the killed militants were from Isis, while the other 50 it described as being aligned with the Nusra Front, the parent organisation of the Khorasan cell and al-Qaida’s preferred affiliate in Syria.
(8) For example, lysine is preferably encoded by the AAA codon if guanosine is 3' to the lysine codon (AAA-G, P less than 10(-9)).
(9) The authors consider the latter mechanism preferable.
(10) NE differentially affected responses to stimulus movement in the preferred and non-preferred direction in one-third of these neurons, such that directional selectivity was increased.
(11) At present, ACE inhibitors are preferred because they are usually better tolerated than conventional vasodilators and are clinically more effective.
(12) Long-distanced urethrocystopexy which permits to avoid an unwanted increase of outflow resistance with following retention of urine should be preferred.
(13) On the basis of a follow-up concerning 41 patients and of data from the literature, the authors report their present surgical approach for mixed tumors, underlining their preference for T.C.P., and limiting S.P.
(14) The speed of visiting holes and the development of a preferred pattern of hole-visits did not influence spatial discrimination performance.
(15) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.
(16) Since ASA has a greater potential for adverse effects, paracetamol is increasingly preferred to ASA, particularly in children.
(17) Furthermore, the animals did not increase their intake of sunflower seeds, a preferred diet for hamsters.
(18) A sequence of seven pairings of chili-flavored diet with prompt recovery from thiamine deficiency did significantly attenuate the innate aversion and may have induced a chili preference in at least one case.
(19) I preferred the Times version, as my father would have done had he any interest in Sting.
(20) In this paper, we change base pairs in the operators and amino acids in the proteins to analyze the basis for these preferences.
Valuation
Definition:
(n.) The act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation.
(n.) Value set upon a thing; estimated value or worth; as, the goods sold for more than their valuation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The valuations proposed lead to a highly significant improvement of the separation ability in contrast to the comparable valuations.
(2) They presented criteria of valuation which excluded other possible causes of sensorineural hearing loss, such as exposure to acoustic trauma, ototoxic drugs, cardiovascular disease, past head injury and hereditary causes.
(3) The company recently announced its ambition to reach a valuation of $50bn, but it is unclear how much Uber is worth if it has to start picking up expenses it has up to now pushed on to the shoulders of its drivers.
(4) But many customers have been impressed by the speed of the technology and cheapness of the fares, and the company’s valuation continues to rise.
(5) Those who report a clinical trial should acknowledge the right of the 'consumer' to make decisions based on his own valuation of the beneficial and adverse effects which rival treatments may have.
(6) This paper focuses on the choice of a sexual partner and pregnancy issues as symptoms of reworking established conflicts around self-valuation and abandonment by sibling and grieving parents.
(7) Ian Gordon, banks analyst at Investec, said: "We currently see no relative or absolute support for RBS' 'frothy' valuation; a correction is due.
(8) Traditional media companies have been fleeing the US stock market to escape their low valuations.
(9) Carlos Brito said SABMiller’s rejection of three bid proposals meant that its shareholders risked losing out on a valuation that could take the company many years to achieve on its own.
(10) Its stock market valuation is $83bn (£52bn), compared with BP's $150bn.
(11) Amy Lawrence Liverpool Ins Marko Grujic (Red Star Belgrade, £5,1m); Steven Caulker (Queens Park Rangers, loan), Kevin Stewart (Swindon, recalled from loan), Tiago Ilori (Aston Villa, recalled from loan) Outs Marko Grujic (Red Star Belgrade, loan); Ryan Fulton (Portsmouth, loan); Allan Rodrigues de Souza (Sint Truidense, loan) Jürgen Klopp’s first transfer window as Liverpool manager was frustrated by Shakhtar Donetsk’s €70m valuation of Alex Teixeira and their insistence the Brazilian forward will not be sold until the summer.
(12) He could have raised more money — he was actually ready to close a new round , $150m at a $2bn valuation, but chose adoption instead.
(13) You don't have to dig too hard to find the gap between market valuation and real world ecology.
(14) Apart from the renal function (serum creatinine), the histological and immunohistological form of the glomerulonephritis for the valuation further clinico-paraclinical data were taken into consideration: proteinuria, nephrotic syndrome, arterial hypertension and the combination of nephrotic syndrome and arterial hypertension.
(15) However, in the coming months the company and pension trustees will receive a triennial valuation for the deficit, as at April 2010, carried out on a stricter, actuarial measure of assets and liabilities.
(16) JP Morgan has calculated that Royal Mail was worth up to £8.5bn, while Citi had pitched a valuation of between £5.9bn and £6.5bn ( partly because it predicted a rather higher dividend payment than proved to be the case ).
(17) For example, a council home in south London could easily fetch £500,000 on an open market valuation.
(18) The UN environment programme will also be strengthened, and studies will begin on alternatives to GDP as a measure of national wellbeing, and the valuation of ecological services.
(19) But as my colleague Alex Hern explained on Monday, there are sound reasons to take peer-to-peer, distributed currencies extremely seriously ( even if Bitcoin's rapidly fluctuating valuation suggests we're into serious bubble mania ) History does provide some lessons.
(20) However if, optimistically, the mortgage valuation did match the sale price of £280,000, you would be able to get a mortgage of £224,000 and need to find a cash deposit of £56,000.