Priority

Prioritization is an action that arranges items or activities in order of importance.

Priority may refer specifically to:

Law

 * Priority or right of way on the road, see Traffic § Priority (right of way)
 * Priority signs, a traffic sign that specifies which route has the right of way
 * Priority date, a concept of establishing waiting times in the immigration process by United States Department of State
 * Priority right, a time-limited right, triggered by the first filing of an application for a patent
 * Subordination (finance), the order of priorities in claims for ownership or interest in various assets

Music

 * Priority (Pointer Sisters album)
 * Priority (Imperials album), 1980
 * Priorities, the debut album by Bedfordshire-based rock band Don Broco
 * "Priority", a song by Jolin Tsai from the 2004 album Castle
 * "Priority", a song by SM Town from the 2022 album 2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace
 * Priority Records, a record label started in 1985 and acquired by Capitol Records

Science and technology

 * Scheduling priority, the way computing processes are assigned priorities in a run queue
 * Priority, a tag or attribute of a requirement in software or systems engineering
 * Priority of the scientific names of organisms, including:
 * Principle of priority, the principle that the oldest available name for a biological taxon is the valid one
 * In botanical nomenclature
 * In zoological nomenclature
 * Priority number, given to each functional group in IUPAC organic nomenclature
 * Scientific priority, the priority of scientific ideas

Other uses

 * Priority (fencing), a scoring criterion in the sport of fencing
 * Priority level, the priority of emergency communications
 * Priority mail, a service of the US Postal Service