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primacy

  (prī'mə-sē) pronunciation
n., pl. -cies.
  1. The state of being first or foremost.
  2. Ecclesiastical. The office, rank, or province of primate.

[Middle English primacie, from Old French, from Medieval Latin prīmātia, office of church primate, from Latin prīmās, prīmāt-, of first rank. See primate.]


 
 

Property, liability, or health coverage that takes precedence when more than one policy covers the same loss. In order to avoid Overinsurance or paying an insured more than the actual loss, the covering policies accept responsibility for insurance in an established order. For example, if a husband and wife cover each other as dependents in group medical insurance, the injured person's own policy assumes primacy. Therefore if the wife gave birth to a child, her policy would apply to obstetrical and hospital fees up to its limits. Only then would the husband's policy apply, covering the amount that had not been paid by his wife's policy up to the limits of his plan.

 
WordNet: primacy
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the state of being first in importance


 
Wikipedia: primacy (disambiguation)

Primacy is the state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy. It may otherwise refer to a property of the office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England (i.e. Church of England)

Primacy may refer to:


 
Translations: Translations for: Primacy

Dansk (Danish)
n. - forrang, førsteplads

Nederlands (Dutch)
de eerste zijn, overheersing, bisschopspositie

Français (French)
n. - primauté, suprématie, (Relig) primatie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Primat, Vorrang

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προβάδισμα, πρωτοκαθεδρία

Italiano (Italian)
primato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - primazia (f)

Русский (Russian)
главенство

Español (Spanish)
n. - primacía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - företräde, överlägsenhet, primat (kyrkl.), ärkebiskopsvärdighet

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
第一, 卓越, 首位

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 第一, 卓越, 首位

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제일, 수위

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 第一, 卓越, 第一位, 最高

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سبق, أسبقيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משרת ארכיבישוף, ראשונות, עליונות‬


 
 

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