transitive verb
Definition 1
Help, do favours for.
Source: Invertext
Context: Wherever possible we try to favour women who have lost husbands to landmines and war; and amputees: the people often made the most vulnerable by the impact of a landmine explosion.
Source: stuarthughes.blogspot.com
Definition 2
Treat with partiality, be unjust on behalf of.
Source: Concise Oxford Dictionary
Context: Its advocates believe the system is more transparently equitable; no one handling the bookings could be accused of favouring one residence over another.
Source: Financial Times 20/04/2007