English Words

Friday, January 12, 2007

#5 Prerogative –noun
1.
an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
2.a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category: It was the teacher's prerogative to stop the discussion.
3.a power, immunity, or the like restricted to a sovereign government or its representative: The royal prerogative exempts the king from taxation.
4.Obsolete. precedence. –adjective
5.having or exercising a prerogative.
6.pertaining to, characteristic of, or existing by virtue of a prerogative.

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