priority

priority (http://definr.com/priority)

     n 1: status established in order of importance or urgency:
          "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer
          of pharmaceuticals"; "national independence takes
          priority over class struggle" [syn: precedence, precedency]
     2: preceding in time [syn: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority,
         precedence, precedency] [ant: posteriority]