prerogative
- nounADJECTIVE▪ exclusive, sole▪
Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers.
▪ constitutional, judicial, managerial, presidential, royal▪ personal▪ male▪women who challenge male prerogatives
VERB + PREROGATIVE▪ enjoy, have▪one of the prerogatives enjoyed by the president
▪ assert (esp. AmE), exercise, use▪The President has asserted the full prerogatives of his office.
▪You can of course exercise your prerogative to leave at any time.
▪ defend, preserve, protect▪The tsar protected his personal prerogatives.
▪ challenge▪those who challenge the prerogatives of the elite
▪ retain▪Baker retained the prerogative to craft solutions himself.
▪ give up, surrender
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prérogative — [ prerɔgativ ] n. f. • v. 1235; lat. jurid. prærogativa « (centurie) qui vote la première » ♦ Avantage dû à une fonction, un état. ⇒ honneur, 2. pouvoir, privilège. Les prérogatives des parlementaires. « L antique prérogative féodale qui… … Encyclopédie Universelle
prerogative — I noun advantage, authority, authorization, benefit, charter, claim, droit, due, exclusive privilege, exclusive right, franchise, freedom, grant, inalienable right, legal power, liberty, license, perquisite, power, preference, prior right,… … Law dictionary
Prerogative — Pre*rog a*tive, n. [F. pr[ e]rogative, from L. praerogativa precedence in voting, preference, privilege, fr. praerogativus that is asked before others for his opinion, that votes before or first, fr. praerogare to ask before another; prae before… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prerogative — (n.) special right or privilege granted to someone, c.1400 (in Anglo Latin from late 13c.), from O.Fr. prerogative (14c.), M.L. prerogativa special right, from L. praerogativa prerogative, previous choice or election, originally (with tribus,… … Etymology dictionary
prerogative — Prerogative, et avantage, Praerogatiua. Pour l avoir avec toute puissance et prerogative telle que donner on pouvoit en tel cas, Demus imperium Caesari, eo iure quo qui optimo. Bud … Thresor de la langue françoyse
prerogative — [prē räg′ə tiv, priräg′ə tiv] n. [ME prerogatif < MFr < L praerogativa, called upon to vote first < praerogare, to ask before < prae , before + rogare, to ask: see ROGATION] 1. a prior or exclusive right or privilege, esp. one… … English World dictionary
prerogative — *right, privilege, perquisite, appanage, birthright Analogous words: immunity, *exemption: *claim, title: *freedom, license, liberty … New Dictionary of Synonyms
prerogative — [n] right, privilege advantage, appanage, authority, birthright, choice, claim, droit, due, exemption, immunity, liberty, perquisite, sanction, title; concept 376 Ant. duty, obligation … New thesaurus
prerogative — PREROGATIVE. s. f. Privilege, avantage sur un autre. Cette charge donne de belles prerogatives. cette Eglise a de grandes prerogatives, joüit de beaucoup de prerogatives … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
prerogative — ► NOUN 1) a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class. 2) (in UK law) the right of the sovereign, theoretically unrestricted but usually delegated to government or the judiciary. ORIGIN Latin praerogativa the verdict of the … English terms dictionary
prérogative — (pré ro ga ti v ) adj. 1° À Rome, la centurie prérogative, ou, substantivement, la prérogative, la centurie à laquelle on demandait d abord son suffrage dans les comices. 2° S. f. La primauté attribuée à cette centurie. 3° Fig. Tout pouvoir … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
