The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.
Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.
Indispensable requirements (of life).
The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack.
Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
The state of being preferred over others.
The option to so select, and the one selected.
The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")
Preferans, a card game, principally played in Eastern Europe.
A strong liking or personal valuation.
A preferential bias; partiality; discrimination.
To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.