English-Thai Dictionary

privilege

N ข้อได้เปรียบ  สิทธิ  สิทธิพิเศษ  อภิสิทธิ์  อำนาจ พิเศษ  เอกสิทธิ์  due perquisite right kor-dai-priab

 

privilege

N โอกาส  chance o-kad

 

privilege

VT ให้ สิทธิพิเศษ  ให้ ประโยชน์  ให้ เอกสิทธิ์  hai-sid-ti-pi-sad

 

privileged

ADJ ที่ ได้เปรียบ  exempt vested ti-dai-priab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIVILEGE

n.[L. privilegium; privus, separate, private, and lex, law; originally a private law, some public act that regarded an individual. ] 1. A particular and peculiar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, company or society, beyond the common advantages of other citizens. A privilege may be a particular right granted by law or held by custom, or it may be an exemption from some burden to which others are subject. The nobles of Great Britain have the privilege of being triable by their peers only. Members of parliament and of our legislatures have the privilege of exemption from arrests in certain cases. The powers of a banking company are privileges granted by the legislature.
He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman.
The privilege of birthright was a double portion.
2. Any peculiar benefit or advantage, right or immunity, not common to others of the human race. Thus we speak of national privileges, and civil and political privileges, which we enjoy above other nations. We have ecclesiastical and religious privileges secured to us by our constitutions of government. Personal privileges are attached to the person; as those of embassadors, peers, members of legislatures, etc. Real privileges are attached to place; as the privileges of the king's palace in England.
3. Advantage; favor; benefit.
A nation despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.
Writ of privilege, is a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit.

 

PRIVILEGE

v.t.To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; as, to privilege representatives from arrest; to privilege the officers and students of a college from military duty. 1. To exempt from ensure or danger.
This place doth privilege me.

 

PRIVILEGED

pp. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right or immunity. The clergy in Great Britain were formerly a privileged body of men. No person is privileged from arrest for indictable crimes.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRIVILEGE

Priv "i *lege, n. Etym: [F. privilège, L. privilegium an ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, legis, law. See Private, and Legal. ]

 

1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise. He pleads the legal privilege of a Roman. Kettlewell. The privilege birthright was a double portion. Locke. A people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties. Burke.

 

2. (Stockbroker's Cant )

 

Defn: See Call, Put, Spread, etc. Breach of privilege. See under Breach. -- Question of privilege (Parliamentary practice ), a question which concerns the security of a member of a legislative body in his special privileges as such. -- Water privilege, the advantage of having machinery driven by a stream, or a place affording such advantage. [ U. S.] -- Writ of privilege (Law ), a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit. Blackstone.

 

Syn. -- Prerogative; immunity; franchise; right; claim; liberty. -- Privilege, Prerogative. Privilege, among the Romans, was something conferred upon an individual by a private law; and hence, it denotes some peculiar benefit or advantage, some right or immunity, not enjoyed by the world at large. Prerogative, among the Romans, was the right of voting first; and, hence, it denotes a right of precedence, or of doing certain acts, or enjoying certain privileges, to the exclusion of others. It is the privilege of a member of Congress not to be called in question elsewhere for words uttered in debate. It is the prerogative of the president to nominate judges and executive officers. It is the privilege of a Christian child to be instructed in the true religion. It is the prerogative of a parent to govern and direct his children.

 

PRIVILEGE

Priv "i *lege, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Privileged; p. pr. & vb. n.Privileging. ] Etym: [Cf. F. privilégier. ]

 

1. To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest. To privilege dishonor in thy name. Shak.

 

2. To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver. He took this place for sanctuary, And it shall privilege him from your hands. Shak.

 

PRIVILEGED

PRIVILEGED Priv "i *leged, a.

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

privilege

priv i lege |ˈpriv (ə )lij ˈprɪv (ə )lɪʤ | ▶noun a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people: education is a right, not a privilege | he has been accustomed all his life to wealth and privilege. • something regarded as a rare opportunity and bringing particular pleasure: I have the privilege of awarding you this scholarship. • (also absolute privilege ) (in a parliamentary context ) the right to say or write something without the risk of incurring punishment or legal action for defamation. • the right of a lawyer or official to refuse to divulge confidential information. • chiefly historical a grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, esp. in the form of a franchise or monopoly. ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal grant a privilege or privileges to: English inheritance law privileged the eldest son. • (usu. be privileged from ) exempt (someone ) from a liability or obligation to which others are subject. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin privilegium ‘bill or law affecting an individual, ’ from privus ‘private ’ + lex, leg- ‘law. ’

 

privileged

priv i leged |ˈpriv (ə )lijd ˈprɪv (ə )lɪʤd | ▶adjective having special rights, advantages, or immunities: in the nineteenth century, only a privileged few had the vote. • [ with infinitive ] having the rare opportunity to do something that brings particular pleasure: I felt I had been privileged to compete in such a race. • (of information ) legally protected from being made public: the intelligence reports are privileged.

 

Oxford Dictionary

privilege

priv ¦il |ege |ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒ | ▶noun a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group: education is a right, not a privilege | [ mass noun ] : he has been accustomed all his life to wealth and privilege. • something regarded as a special honour: I had the privilege of giving the Sir George Brown memorial lecture. • (also absolute privilege ) (especially in a parliamentary context ) the right to say or write something without the risk of incurring punishment or legal action for defamation. • the right of a lawyer or official to refuse to divulge confidential information. • chiefly historical a grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, especially in the form of a franchise or monopoly. ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal grant a privilege or privileges to: English inheritance law privileged the eldest son. • exempt (someone ) from a liability or obligation to which others are subject: barristers are privileged from arrest going to, coming from, and abiding in court. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin privilegium ‘bill or law affecting an individual ’, from privus ‘private ’ + lex, leg- ‘law ’.

 

privileged

priv ¦il |eged |ˈprɪvəlɪʤd | ▶adjective 1 having special rights, advantages, or immunities: in the nineteenth century only a privileged few had the vote. • [ with infinitive ] having been granted a special honour: I felt I had been privileged to compete in such a race. 2 (of information ) legally protected from being made public.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

privilege

privilege noun 1 senior students have certain privileges: advantage, benefit; prerogative, entitlement, right; concession, freedom, liberty. 2 it was a privilege to meet her: honor, pleasure. 3 congressional privilege: immunity, exemption, dispensation. WORD NOTE privilege Even though some dictionaries OK it, the verb to privilege is currently used only in a particular English subdialect that might be called academese. Example: The patriarchal Western canon privileges univocal discourse situated within established contexts over the polyphonic free play of decentered utterance. (Yes: it's often that ghastly. ) Contemporary academese originated in literary and social theory but has now metastasized throughout much of the humanities. There is exactly one rhetorical situation in which you'd want to use to privilege, to situate, or to interrogate + some abstract noun phrase, or pretty much any transitivized-verb construction that's three times longer than it needs to be —this is in a university course taught by a professor so thoroughly cloistered, insecure, or stupid as to believe that academese constitutes intelligent writing. A required course, one that you can't switch out of. In any other situation, run very fast the other way. — DFW Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

privileged

privileged adjective 1 a privileged background: wealthy, rich, affluent, prosperous; lucky, fortunate, elite, favored; (socially ) advantaged. ANTONYMS underprivileged, disadvantaged. 2 privileged information: confidential, private, secret, restricted, classified, not for publication, off the record, inside; informal hush-hush. ANTONYMS public. 3 these foreign diplomats are privileged: immune (from prosecution ), protected, exempt, excepted. ANTONYMS liable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

privilege

privilege noun 1 he sought to reduce the legal privileges of the unions: advantage, right, benefit, prerogative, entitlement, birthright, due; concession, freedom, liberty. 2 it was a privilege to meet her: honour, pleasure, source of pleasure /pride /satisfaction. 3 a breach of parliamentary privilege: immunity, exemption, dispensation.

 

privileged

privileged adjective 1 she comes from a privileged background: wealthy, rich, affluent, prosperous; lucky, fortunate, special, elite, favoured, select; advantaged, socially advantaged. ANTONYMS underprivileged, disadvantaged. 2 he accused me of giving away privileged information: confidential, private, secret, top secret, restricted, classified, not for publication, off the record, inside; informal hush-hush; archaic privy. 3 the MP is privileged but the reporter and the publisher could face civil action: immune (from prosecution ), protected, exempt, excepted.

 

French Dictionary

privilège

privilège n. m. nom masculin 1 Avantage particulier. : Le gagnant aura le privilège de choisir son prix en premier. SYNONYME avantage ; droit ; prérogative . 2 Particularité, caractère spécifique. : Le rire est le privilège de l ’être humain.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

privilege

priv i lege /prɪ́v (ə )lɪdʒ /〖語源は 「個人の法律 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 U C (特定の人 集団に与えられる )特権 , 特典 , 特別扱い ▸ have the privilege of doing 特典として …できる .2 U (経済上 身分上の )特権階級 ▸ win a position of privilege 特権階級の地位を得る 3 C 〖単数形で 〗名誉 , 光栄 (honor )▸ I had the privilege of speaking with the President. ≒It was my privilege to speak with ….大統領と話をする栄誉に浴した (!話題の人物に対する敬意を表す ) 4 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗(議員の )免責特権 ▸ a breach of parliamentary privilege 議員の特権の濫用 5 〖the ～〗基本的人権 [権利 ].6 C ｟米 ｠〘証券 〙特権付売買 .動詞 他動詞 1 …を特別扱いする (favor ); 〈人 〉に特権 [恩恵 ]を与える ; 〖～ A to do 〗A 〈人 〉に … する特権を与える (→privileged ).2 〖通例be ～d 〗【責任 義務などから 】免除される «from » .

 

privileged

priv i leged /prɪ́v (ə )lɪdʒd /形容詞 1 〖通例be ～〗特権的な ; «…する » 特権 [特典 ]を有する, «…して » 光栄である «to do » .2 ｟けなして ｠特権階級の .3 比較なし 〘法 〙証言を拒否できる, 秘匿権の ▸ privileged information 秘匿情報