PREEMPTION
\pɹiːˈɛmpʃən], \pɹiːˈɛmpʃən], \p_ɹ_iː__ˈɛ_m_p_ʃ_ə_n]\
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a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
By Princeton University
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a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others.
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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.
By Oddity Software
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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costotransverse
- Relating to ribs and transverse processes of the vertebrae articulating with them. Lying between ribs and transverse process of the vertebrae.