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English

Noun

seniority

A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
:It's an old-fashioned company, with parking spaces and other perks doled out on the basis of seniority.

Danish: anciennitet

French: ancienneté

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Seniority \Sen*ior"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being senior.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet seniority
n 1: higher rank than that of others especially by reason of
longer service [syn: senior status, higher status, {higher
rank}]
2: the property of being long-lived [syn: longevity]

Moby Dictionary
aboriginality , accomplishment , age , ancien regime , ancientness ,
antiquity , ascendancy , atavism , authority , cobwebs of antiquity ,
consequence , deanship , dust of ages , eld , elderliness , eldership ,
eminence , excellence , favor , great age , greatness , hoary age ,
hoary eld , importance , incomparability , influence , influentialness ,
inimitability , inveteracy , lead , majority , moment , old age ,
old order , old style , oldness , one-upmanship , precedence ,
predominance , predomination , preeminence , preponderance ,
prepotence , prepotency , prerogative , pressure , prestige ,
primitiveness , primogeniture , primordialism , primordiality ,
priority , privilege , prominence , rank , right-of-way , senility ,
skill , stature , success , superiority , transcendence , transcendency ,
venerableness , virtuosity , weight , weightiness