Noun

(Preferans) (en noun)

The selection of one thing or person over others.

The option to so select, and the one selected.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

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The state of being preferred over others.

A strong liking or personal valuation.

A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.

Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.

Noun

(en noun)

Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson

, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].}}

A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.