(n) statutory lien
preferential right
prior claim
(exp) victory goes to one who makes the first move
being quick to take action leads to victory
(n,adj-no) aborigines
indigenes
(n) advanced weapon(ry)
(n) competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)
(n) preemptive attack (strike)
(n) teachers statement (expounding)
(n,adj-no) ancestral
hereditary
generation after generation
passing from father to son
(n,adj-no) ancestral
hereditary
generation after generation
passing from father to son
(n,adj-no) what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation
legend
folk tale
(adj-no) inherited
(n) (col) pre-cum
pre-ejaculate
Cowper's fluid
(n,adj-no) high-technology
(n) nose shape
tip shape
(n) pictures of ancient wise men (name of a book)
(n) pictures of ancient wise men (name of a book)
(n) congenital syphilis
(n) (comp) lead position
first position (in a string)
(n) lead-off man (baseball)
(n) senior officer
(exp) (1) one's seniors and juniors
(2) seniority-based hierarchy
(n) starting pitcher
(n) futures market
forward market
(n) futures transaction
forward trading
(n) futures price
forward price
forward rate (of exchange)
(n,vs) buying futures
speculation
(n) dealing in futures
(n) hardship now, pleasure later
seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties
seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler)
(n-adv,n-t) recently
the other day
(n) (euph. for) money
the wherewithal