China’s most-favored-nation trading status with the USfavouredfa‧voured British English, favored American English /ˈfeɪvəd $ -ərd/ adjective [only before noun] 
favoured customers China’s most-favored-nation trading status with the US2chosen or preferred by many people SYN popular: Brittany is a favoured holiday destination for families.3a favoured team, player etc is one that is expected to winbe favoured to do something Silva is favoured to win a medal in the marathon.4having desirable qualities SYN desirable: a house in a favoured position on a hill
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- After two or three such years their numbers build up spectacularly within favoured areas.
- Consequently, this is the least favoured method unless you especially want to echo screen output to the printer.
- Palm-greasing for just about anything from entry to a favoured school to obtaining a bank loan has been considered a fact of life.
- The difference of treatment for the two bids gave rise to criticism that the government's merger policy favoured conglomerates.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY China’s most-favored-nation trading status with the USCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1receiving special attention, help, or treatment, sometimes in an unfair way: China’s most-favored-nation trading status with the US· The interaction between effective but sensitive community self-surveillance and police surveillance has emerged as perhaps the most favoured approach.· It included mutual most favoured nation status.· And anyway, the calcium chloride was the most favoured.· Brain-storming One of the most favoured techniques for generating ideas is brain-storming.
NOUN· After two or three such years their numbers build up spectacularly within favoured areas.· The bias means that the favoured areas is given preference.· The favoured area becomes the reference to which the others have to be aligned.· And national or local government may offer subsidies for businesses to set up in favoured areas.· Damage to especially favoured areas, such as mangroves and coral reefs, can have far reaching effects elsewhere.· Thus well-protected holiday beaches sometimes take a toll from less favoured areas.
· At present Mycobacterium paratuberculosis is the favoured candidate.
· It included mutual most favoured nation status.
favoured customers China’s most-favored-nation trading status with the US2chosen or preferred by many people SYN popular: Brittany is a favoured holiday destination for families.3a favoured team, player etc is one that is expected to winbe favoured to do something Silva is favoured to win a medal in the marathon.4having desirable qualities SYN desirable: a house in a favoured position on a hill