preemption
Pronunciation: /priːˈɛmpʃən/
The English word “preemption” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
- The purchase of public land by the occupant.
- The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
- The supersession of a conflicting law from a lower jurisdiction by an overlapping law from a higher jurisdiction.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from Latin prae- (“before”) + emō (“buy”).
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