priority

Precedence, especially established by order of importance or urgency.

An established right to precedence.

An authoritative rating that establishes such precedence.

A preceding or coming earlier in time.

Something afforded or deserving prior attention.

The state of being prior or antecedent, or of preceding something else: as, priority of birth: opposed to posteriority.

Precedence in place or rank; the having of certain rights before another.

In law, a precedence or preference, as when one debt is paid in priority to others, or when an execution is said to lose its priority by the neglect of the party to enforce it.

Apriority.