Seniority | Mean of seniority in English Dictionary

/sinˈjorəti/

• Noun
• the amount of time you have worked at a job or for a company compared to other employees
1. Promotions are based on merit and seniority.
2. a teacher with less/more seniority
3. He has worked here longer than I have, so he has seniority over me.
• the state of having a higher rank than another person
1. a position of seniority