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⚖️ Federal law priority ⏩ Taking before others
preemption

preemption

1 8.3
Taking or buying something before others can get it
  • noun
  • /priˈɛmptʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : derecho de preferencia
  • The homeowners claimed preemption rights to the land they had improved, preventing others from acquiring it.
  • preemption right
  • preemption rights to land

It's this focus on prediction and prevention and preemption that distinguishes Precision Health.

Examples

  • Those who had already secured preemption rights then sought to preserve their claims legally.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution required the Crown to surrender its preemption right to its territories east of the Mississippi River to the new nation.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The land rush to settle Kentucky, especially the Bluegrass lands, was underway by the early 1770s, fueled by liberal Virginia land-preemption policies and by military land warrants awarded to Revolutionary War veterans.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The company's strategy included preemption to gain market advantage by securing key locations before competitors.

  • The city enacted a preemption policy to ensure it could acquire land needed for public projects before private developers.

Synonyms

dibs
vspreemption
  • Informal
8 8.5

A spoken claim to have something before others

is a formal prior right to acquire, not an informal spoken claim
pre-emption
vspreemption
  • Formal
8.4

A right to buy or take something before others, usually because of a law

is the general act or right of acquiring before others, not just legal form
preemptive right
vspreemption
  • Formal
9.1

A right that lets current shareholders buy new shares first to keep their share

is the broader prior right to acquire things, not limited to shareholders
preemptive bid
vspreemption
  • Jargon
7.3

An early strong offer to buy something made to stop other bidders

is the general prior right to acquire, not specifically an aggressive bidding tactic
prepurchase
vspreemption
4.6

An early purchase made before an event or release

focuses on the right to take before others rather than simply buying early

Antonyms

postponement
19 3.4

A delay that makes an event or activity happen later than planned

How Interruptive

preemption
  • Formal
1 8.3
interruption
99 3.0
cut-in
  • Specialized
1 7.2
announcement
738 1.5
bulletin
  • Literature
133 3.7

Surface Forms

preemption singular
preemptions plural

Morphology

preemption = preempt (transparent) = preempt + ion

Standard nominalization of the verb 'preempt' with the productive suffix '-ion', yielding the act or right of taking or acquiring before others.

Etymology

Preemption comes from pre- meaning 'before' and empt (from the Latin emere) meaning 'to buy', so think of taking or 'buying' something ahead of others; that's why preemption means the act or right to take or buy something before others can.