privilege: значение и определения

A special advantage, immunity, permission, right, or benefit granted to or enjoyed by an individual, class, or caste. See Synonyms at right.

Such an advantage, immunity, or right held as a prerogative of status or rank, and exercised to the exclusion or detriment of others.

The principle of granting and maintaining a special right or immunity: a society based on privilege.

Law The right to privileged communication in a confidential relationship, as between client and attorney, patient and physician, or communicant and priest.

An option to buy or sell a stock, including put, call, spread, and straddle.

To grant a privilege to.

To free or exempt.