Definitions for privileges

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privileges priv·i·lege

Spelling: [priv-uh-lij, priv-lij]

IPA: /ˈprɪv ə lɪdʒ, ˈprɪv lɪdʒ/

Privileges is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 409 anagrams from letters in privileges (eegiilprsv).

Definitions for privileges

noun

1. a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most:
2. a special right, immunity, or exemption granted to persons in authority or office to free them from certain obligations or liabilities:
3. a grant to an individual, corporation, etc., of a special right or immunity, under certain conditions.
4. the principle or condition of enjoying special rights or immunities.
5. any of the rights common to all citizens under a modern constitutional government:
6. an advantage or source of pleasure granted to a person:
7. Stock Exchange. an option to buy or sell stock at a stipulated price for a limited period of time, including puts, calls, spreads, and straddles.

verb (used with object)

1. to grant a privilege to.
2. to exempt (usually followed by from).
3. to authorize or license (something otherwise forbidden).

Origin of privileges

1125-75; (noun) Middle English; earlier privilegie (Old French privilege) Latin prīvilēgium orig., a law for or against an individual, equivalent to prīvi- (combining form of prīvus one's own

Examples for privileges

The white man's prestige and privileges were invested in him.

“We did not rescue Marcus for money or privileges,” Gulab says.

Doubtless his new ethereal form has its capacities and privileges.

They will not readily yield up their scapegoat or sacrifice their privileges.

While none of this will shield her from racism, it grants her privileges that other black people are actively denied.

In addition to sparing their lives, Kruger offered the prisoners better food and other privileges for their hard work.

We have asked for no privileges we would not extend to others.

There are others, perhaps, who have not been fully sensible of the privileges which they enjoyed.

Remember that old marketing line: “Wealth has its privileges”?

These entrepreneurs have chosen to incorporate as private businesses, with all the legal rights and privileges that entails.