Closer inspection revealed, however, that Colony's capital injection would give it high-yield preferred, rather than common, stock — in other words, less an investment than a loan.
Because of constraints in space and packaging Oval substrate is preferred rather than round substrate.
The aforementioned technique is preferred rather than an interview one.
Crystalloid is preferred rather than colloid at initial resuscitation.
These are defined as distributable goods that a rational person prefers to have more rather than less of, whatever else she wants.
Though it's safe to assume that most employees would prefer more money and benefits rather than less, many Millennials prioritize their interests differently.
"They assume that they normally prefer more primary social goods rather than less" (TJ, 142/123 rev).
The survey also found that Baby Boomers place a high premium on being close to restaurants and shops when considering where to live, while young adults are interested in having short commutes -- suggesting that both age groups may prefer living in cities rather than less-dense suburbs and rural areas.
Definition 1 is based on the the simple observation that one would generally prefer to stake a good outcome on a more rather than less probable event.
A pluralist has a plausible answer when the choice is between two different sorts of value, the agent is preferring A to B, rather than preferring less of A to more of A. Wiggins explains the akratic choice by suggesting that the agent is 'charmed' by some aspect of the choice, and is swayed by that to choose what she knows to be worse overall (Wiggins 1980, p. 257).
In fact, it preferred less, rather than more, active supporters.
