favour

Definition

British standard spelling of favor.

Example Sentences

• "I need a favour. Could you lend me £5 until tomorrow, please?"
• "Can you do me a favour and drop these letters in the post box?"
• "Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia."