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priv·i·leged       [priv-uh-lijd, priv-lijd] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
2.entitled to or exercising a privilege.
3.restricted to a select group or individual: privileged information; a privileged position.
4.Law. (of utterances or communications)
a.not rendering the person making them liable to prosecution for libel or slander, in view of the attendant circumstances.
b.not requiring any testimony concerning them to be presented in court.
5.Navigation. (of a vessel) having the right of way.
Compare burdened.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see privilege, -ed2, -ed3]
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priv·i·lege       [priv-uh-lij, priv-lij] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -leged, -leg·ing.
–noun
1.a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
2.a special right, immunity, or exemption granted to persons in authority or office to free them from certain obligations or liabilities: the privilege of a senator to speak in Congress without danger of a libel suit.
3.a grant to an individual, corporation, etc., of a special right or immunity, under certain conditions.
4.the principle or condition of enjoying special rights or immunities.
5.any of the rights common to all citizens under a modern constitutional government: We enjoy the privileges of a free people.
6.an advantage or source of pleasure granted to a person: It's my privilege to be here.
7.Stock Exchange. an option to buy or sell stock at a stipulated price for a limited period of time, including puts, calls, spreads, and straddles.
–verb (used with object)
8.to grant a privilege to.
9.to exempt (usually fol. by from).
10.to authorize or license (something otherwise forbidden).
[Origin: 1125–75; (n.) ME; earlier privilegie (< OF privilege) < L prīvilégium orig., a law for or against an individual, equiv. to prīvi- (comb. form of prīvus one's own) + lég- (see legal) + -ium -ium; (v.) ME privilegen (< MF privilegier) < ML prīvilégiāre, deriv. of prīvilégium]

—Related forms
priv·i·leg·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. Privilege, prerogative refer to a special advantage or right possessed by an individual or group. A privilege is a right or advantage gained by birth, social position, effort, or concession. It can have either legal or personal sanction: the privilege of paying half fare; the privilege of calling whenever one wishes. Prerogative refers to an exclusive right claimed and granted, often officially or legally, on the basis of social status, heritage, sex, etc.: the prerogatives of a king; the prerogatives of management. 4. license, freedom, liberty.
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priv·i·lege       (prĭv'ə-lĭj, prĭv'lĭj)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A special advantage, immunity, permission, right, or benefit granted to or enjoyed by an individual, class, or caste. See Synonyms at right.
    2. Such an advantage, immunity, or right held as a prerogative of status or rank, and exercised to the exclusion or detriment of others.
  2. The principle of granting and maintaining a special right or immunity: a society based on privilege.
  3. Law The right to privileged communication in a confidential relationship, as between client and attorney, patient and physician, or communicant and priest.
  4. An option to buy or sell a stock, including put, call, spread, and straddle.

tr.v.   priv·i·leged, priv·i·leg·ing, priv·i·leg·es
  1. To grant a privilege to.
  2. To free or exempt.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prīvilēgium, a law affecting one person : prīvus, single, alone; see per1 in Indo-European roots + lēx, lēg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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priv·i·leged       (prĭv'ə-lĭjd, prĭv'lĭjd)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Enjoying a privilege or having privileges: a privileged childhood; privileged society.
  2. Confined to an exclusive or chosen group of individuals: privileged information.

n.   (used with a pl. verb)
Privileged people considered as a group. Often used with the.

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privileged

adjective
1. blessed with privileges; "the privileged few" [ant: underprivileged] 
2. not subject to usual rules or penalties; "a privileged statement" 
3. confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: inside] 

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Main Entry: priv·i·leged
Function: adjective
: not subject to the usual rules or penalties because of some special circumstance; especially : not subject to disclosure esp. in an adjudicative proceeding

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Privileged

Priv"i*leged\, a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity.

Privileged communication. (Law) (a) A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers. (b) A communication which does not expose the party making it to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons communicating confidentially with a government, persons consulted confidentially as to the character of servants, etc.

Privileged debts (Law), those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent. --Wharton. --Burrill.

Privileged witnesses (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally.

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