priority

Something regarded as more important than other things; the right to take precedence.

• prioritize/praɪˈɒrɪtaɪz/(v)优先处理
• prioritization/praɪˌɒrɪtɪˈzeɪʃən/(n)优先排序

• top priority
• competing priorities
• set priorities
• strategic priority
• shift priorities
• priority area
• make something a priority

1. 1.Customer satisfaction is the top priority for the team — everything else is secondary to that goal.
2. 2.Leaders often struggle to manage competing priorities when everything appears urgent and resources are limited.

• precedence/ˈprɛsɪdəns/— having higher importance
• primary concern (the main focus)
• focus/ˈfəʊkəs/— the main point of attention

from Latin "prioritas" = precedence, from "prior" (earlier, first)