pre-emption
- IPA[priːˈɛm(p)ʃn]
英式
- the purchase of goods or shares by one person or party before the opportunity is offered to others;the right to purchase public land before the opportunity is offered to others.
noun: pre-emption
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the purchase of goods or shares by one person or party before the opportunity is offered to others the commission had the right of pre-emption
- ▪ North American historical the right to purchase public land before the opportunity is offered to others.
- 2. the action of pre-empting or forestalling, especially of making a pre-emptive attack damaging retaliation for any attempt at pre-emption