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</noscript> /prɪˈfɜr/
Show Spelled Pronunciation [pri-fur]
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?verb (used with object), -ferred, -fer⋅ring. <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dnindex" width="35">1.</td> <td>to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better;
choose rather than: to prefer chicken to beef. </td></tr></tbody></table>
So, basically, Hedge, if you couldn't say... have chicken then you would go with "beef"? :0corn