preferment

1. (исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a particular payment or product.

2. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion.

3. (исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A position (especially in the Church of England) that provides profit or prestige.

4. A mixture of flour, water and yeast that is allowed to ferment prior to another baking process.

5. (исчисляемое, устаревшее, неисчисляемое)The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion (of a candidate, action, undertaking etc.).

6. (архаичное, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The fact of preferring something; preference.

   the act of preferring

правильный

• perfermentalternative