(~s)
1.
If you have a ~ for something, you would like to have or do that thing rather than something else.
Parents can express a ~ for the school their child attends...
Many of these products were bought in ~ to their own.
N-VAR: usu N for n
2.
If you give ~ to someone with a particular qualification or feature, you choose them rather than someone else.
The Pentagon will give ~ to companies which do business electronically.
= priority
N-UNCOUNT: usu N to n