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: Pâ Pæ Pè Pé Pœ P- P. P/ P< Pa Pb Pc Pd Pe Pf Ph Pi Pj Pk Pl Pm Pn Po Pp Pr Ps Pt Pu Pv Pw Px Py
pre-christian |
pre-columbian |
pre-eclampsia |
pre-eminently |
pre-empt |
pre-emption
| pre-emptive
| pre-emptive strike
| pre-emptor
| pre-existence
| pre-existent
pre-emption
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pre-emption has 4 senses
- pre-emption(n = noun.cognition) preemption - the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject; Array is a kind of judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle
- pre-emption(n = noun.attribute) preemption - the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property); Array is a kind of legal right
- pre-emption(n = noun.attribute) preemption - the right to purchase something in advance of others; Array is a kind of right
- pre-emption(n = noun.act) preemption - a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" is a kind of appropriation
has particulars: preemptive right, subscription right
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pre-emption, n.
1 a the purchase or appropriation by one person or party before the opportunity is offered to others. b the right to purchase (esp. public land) in this way.
2 prior appropriation or acquisition.
1 a the purchase or appropriation by one person or party before the opportunity is offered to others. b the right to purchase (esp. public land) in this way.
2 prior appropriation or acquisition.
Etymology
med.L praeemptio (as PRAE-, emere empt- buy)
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