Real Dictionary

privilege
countable noun: A privilege is a special right or advantage that only one person or group has.
uncountable noun: If you talk about privilege, you are talking about the power and advantage that only a small group of people have, usually because of their wealth or their high social class.

privilege in American English
a right, advantage, favor, or immunity specially granted to one; esp., a right held by a certain individual, group, or class, and withheld from certain others or all others
to grant a privilege or privileges to
noun: a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most
transitive verb: to grant a privilege to

privilege in British English
noun: a benefit, immunity, etc, granted under certain conditions