preemption
noun
1 preemption
The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject.
synonym: pre-emption.
Roget 795: purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal. coemption†, bribery; slave trade. buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; ... show more
2 preemption
The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property).
synonym: pre-emption.
3 preemption
The right to purchase something in advance of others.
synonym: pre-emption.
Dutch: voorkoop
Polish: pierwokup
4 preemption
A prior appropriation of something:
— The preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests.
synonym: pre-emption.
Moby thesaurus: adoption, appropriation, arrogation, assumption, colonization, conquest, emption, enslavement, first option, first refusal, indent, occupation, option, preoccupation, prepossession, refusal, requisition, right of emption, right of preemption, subjugation ... show more.
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