Webster's English Dictionary

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preferment

pre.fer.ment \pri-'f*r-m*nt\ n 1a: advancement or promotion in dignity, 
   office, or station  1b: a position or office of honor or profit  2: 
   priority or seniority in right esp. to receive payment or to purchase pr 
   operty on equal terms with others 3: the act of bringing forward (as 
   charges)