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Meaning of 'preemption' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Preemption [ n.]
- The act or right of purchasing before others.
- The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.
- The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.

Meaning of 'preemption' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . preemption [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a prior appropriation of something
Example in sentence:
  • the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests

Nearby Words:

pre- preaccusation preace preach preached preacher preachership preachify preaching preachman

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