'Preemption' definitions:
Definition of 'preemption'
(from WordNet)
noun
The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject [syn: preemption, pre-emption]
noun
The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) [syn: preemption, pre-emption]
noun
The right to purchase something in advance of others [syn: preemption, pre-emption]
noun
A prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests" [syn: preemption, pre- emption]
Definition of 'Preemption'
From: GCIDE
- Preemption \Pre*["e]mp"tion\ (?; 215), n. [Pref. pre- + emption: cf. F. pr['e]emption. See Redeem.] The act or right of purchasing before others. Specifically: (a) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others. [Eng.] (b) 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. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preemption'
From: 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,
- takeover,
- taking over,
- usurpation