PRIVILEGE

[noun] - a special advantage, opportunity or honour possessed by a particular person or groupAs a senior executive, you will enjoy certain privileges, such as free health insurance and the right to buy shares in the company. [C]As a teenager, she felt that living in Manhattan was a privilege she was lucky to have. [C]I had the privilege of interviewing Picasso in the 1960s. [C]It would be a privilege to be taught by such a famous violinist. [C + to infinitive](humorous) We had a pretty awful dinner at the hotel and had to pay £40 for the privilege. [C]The children of the rich and powerful experience privilege from birth. [U]The official privilege possessed by people in authority allows them to do or say things that other people are not allowed to do.She has/enjoys diplomatic privilege and so she cannot be prosecuted in the normal way.