preemption
An act or process that preemptsAn act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as: The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
Meaning
4 sensesAn act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
(countable, uncountable)The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
Vorkauf
the right to purchase something in advance of others
(countable, uncountable)The purchase of public land by the occupant.
(countable, uncountable)The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
Präemption
(countable, uncountable)The supersession of a conflicting law from a lower jurisdiction by an overlapping law from a higher jurisdiction.
Vorrangwirkung
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from LaFrom Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from Latin prae- (“before”) + emō (“buy”).
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Forms
plural: preemptionsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a prior appropriation of something:pre-emption
- the right to purchase something in advance of others:pre-emption
- the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property):pre-emption
- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject:pre-emption
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable