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Definition of seniority in English: senioritynoun siːnɪˈɒrɪtisinˈjɔrədɪ mass noun1The fact or state of being older or higher in rank or status than someone else. 26 archbishops and bishops in order of seniority Example sentencesExamples - An additional week of vacation will be given to workers with over 30 years of seniority.
- Union negotiators had been seeking a guaranteed 40-hour workweek and job assignments based on seniority.
- Under the old agreement, pensions ceased to increase in value beyond 30 years of seniority.
- He has an admirable faith in technology, unlike many others of his seniority in the Indian Police.
- Seniority amongst peers was often broken down into a matter of months, weeks, or even days.
- Once West Pointers achieved sufficient seniority, they commanded in all of America's wars save one.
- Our filial relationships, ruled by generational authority and following a pecking order based on seniority, are very Chinese, too.
- Advancement by seniority resulted in painfully slow promotion, which resulted in officers overage in grade.
- I concede that seniority should not be the sole criterion.
- Donations fall by $39 for each year of seniority.
- In the ladies division seniority continued to prevail over youth.
- Both of you understand that your power relations are not measured by seniority or salary.
- Seniority is determined by the date a person begins work at Iowa State, not the date he or she begins a certain job.
- We have people in authority who were promoted based on seniority, not ability.
- Our specialist team of consultants recruit at all degrees of seniority, from newly-qualified to partner level.
- Workers with decades of seniority are being excessed, required to take physically demanding jobs or forced into early retirement.
- The Standing Orders suggest that members from a party should be called in order of their seniority.
- There ought to be a proper sequence according to seniority.
- Staff appointments followed in relentless sequence as he inched his way up the ladder of seniority.
- Correspondingly a mother's sister is literally called "small mother" or "big mother" depending on their seniority.
Synonyms rank, standing, primacy, superiority, precedence, priority, longer service, age greater age, higher rank 2A privileged position earned by reason of longer service or higher rank. pay and benefits rise with seniority Example sentencesExamples - Advancement in the medical field is by seniority.
- The major is elected by uncontrolled vote of the captains, and the Colonel is promoted automatically by seniority from the lieutenant-colonels.
- They will also enjoy a right of seniority in the different public departments in which they work.
- Then, he managed to drop the fact that he has more seniority than the current chairman of the Labor-Health Appropriations Subcommittee.
- Your importance can usually be gauged by the seniority of the aide assigned to you or your group.
- And as you know full well, the Senate is a creature of seniority.
- Given the seniority of those appointed, the chances are they can cope with a bit of envy.
- There has also been an expectation among senior civil servants that merit allied to seniority, rather than party loyalty, should determine promotion.
- Afterwards he was awarded six months additional seniority for meritorious war service.
- Attitudes are learnt through observation of those in relative power or seniority.
- Thank you, Mr Chairperson, for acknowledging seniority.
- The diversity competence characteristics would be applied to each post, with different levels of requirements according to the nature and seniority of posts.
- Promotion in the service must be on the basis of merit, not seniority.
- A derogatory reference to her seniority wedges itself into most recollections of those two weeks in the jungle.
- This hobbles seniority, which has been the traditional path to power.
- In both Congress and state legislatures, positions of power and leadership are based on seniority within the institution.
- Do not be intimidated by his seniority or his future in-law status.
- Walter Mondale doesn't need his seniority from the past to become an important, effective representative of the state of Minnesota.
- You don't get to his level of seniority at the age of 42 without playing hard ball.
- Less attentive listeners may have made the easy mistake that he was impugning Dr Luke's reputableness or his seniority.
Rhymesauthority, inferiority, juniority, majority, minority, priority, sonority, sorority, superiority Definition of seniority in US English: senioritynounsēnˈyôrədisinˈjɔrədɪ 1The fact or state of being older or higher in position or status than someone else. one by one, in order of seniority, employees' names were called Example sentencesExamples - Union negotiators had been seeking a guaranteed 40-hour workweek and job assignments based on seniority.
- Staff appointments followed in relentless sequence as he inched his way up the ladder of seniority.
- Our specialist team of consultants recruit at all degrees of seniority, from newly-qualified to partner level.
- Advancement by seniority resulted in painfully slow promotion, which resulted in officers overage in grade.
- Under the old agreement, pensions ceased to increase in value beyond 30 years of seniority.
- Both of you understand that your power relations are not measured by seniority or salary.
- We have people in authority who were promoted based on seniority, not ability.
- In the ladies division seniority continued to prevail over youth.
- Seniority amongst peers was often broken down into a matter of months, weeks, or even days.
- Seniority is determined by the date a person begins work at Iowa State, not the date he or she begins a certain job.
- There ought to be a proper sequence according to seniority.
- Once West Pointers achieved sufficient seniority, they commanded in all of America's wars save one.
- I concede that seniority should not be the sole criterion.
- Our filial relationships, ruled by generational authority and following a pecking order based on seniority, are very Chinese, too.
- Correspondingly a mother's sister is literally called "small mother" or "big mother" depending on their seniority.
- Workers with decades of seniority are being excessed, required to take physically demanding jobs or forced into early retirement.
- An additional week of vacation will be given to workers with over 30 years of seniority.
- He has an admirable faith in technology, unlike many others of his seniority in the Indian Police.
- Donations fall by $39 for each year of seniority.
- The Standing Orders suggest that members from a party should be called in order of their seniority.
Synonyms rank, standing, primacy, superiority, precedence, priority, longer service, age 2A privileged position earned by reason of longer service or higher rank. pay and benefits rise with seniority Example sentencesExamples - The diversity competence characteristics would be applied to each post, with different levels of requirements according to the nature and seniority of posts.
- Walter Mondale doesn't need his seniority from the past to become an important, effective representative of the state of Minnesota.
- Then, he managed to drop the fact that he has more seniority than the current chairman of the Labor-Health Appropriations Subcommittee.
- The major is elected by uncontrolled vote of the captains, and the Colonel is promoted automatically by seniority from the lieutenant-colonels.
- You don't get to his level of seniority at the age of 42 without playing hard ball.
- There has also been an expectation among senior civil servants that merit allied to seniority, rather than party loyalty, should determine promotion.
- Promotion in the service must be on the basis of merit, not seniority.
- A derogatory reference to her seniority wedges itself into most recollections of those two weeks in the jungle.
- And as you know full well, the Senate is a creature of seniority.
- Attitudes are learnt through observation of those in relative power or seniority.
- Less attentive listeners may have made the easy mistake that he was impugning Dr Luke's reputableness or his seniority.
- Given the seniority of those appointed, the chances are they can cope with a bit of envy.
- In both Congress and state legislatures, positions of power and leadership are based on seniority within the institution.
- This hobbles seniority, which has been the traditional path to power.
- Advancement in the medical field is by seniority.
- Do not be intimidated by his seniority or his future in-law status.
- Your importance can usually be gauged by the seniority of the aide assigned to you or your group.
- They will also enjoy a right of seniority in the different public departments in which they work.
- Afterwards he was awarded six months additional seniority for meritorious war service.
- Thank you, Mr Chairperson, for acknowledging seniority.
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