Pre-emption

Definition: Pre-emption

Pre-emption

Noun

1. The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject.

2. The right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property).

3. The right to purchase something in advance of others.

4. A prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests".

Date "pre-emption" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Pre-emption involves taking something to the exclusion of others such as a user pre-empting CPU cycles. Source: European Union. (references)
Finance	A preferential right reserved to the shareholders of a company to subscribe for additional shares in proportion to their existing shareholdings on the occasion of an increase of capital. Source: European Union. (references)
Public Administration	Break-in facility granted to specific extensions of a PABX. (PH/PTIH). Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Pre-emption

Synonyms: preemptor (adj), preemption (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	Nuclear pre-emption and crisis stability, 1985-1990 (reference) Tenants' Pre-Emption Rights: A Landlord's Guide to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Pre-emption" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 82.14% of the time. "Pre-emption" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	82.14%	23	72,767
Noun (singular)	17.86%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	28	N/A

Language		Translations for "pre-emption"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		先买权. (various references)

Danish		tegningsrettighed (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stock option, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription option, subscription right), tegningsretsbevis (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), tegningsret (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), fortrinsret til at beslaglægge ressourcer, fortegningsret (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references)

Dutch		pre-emptie, voorkeursrecht (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), recht van voorkeur (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), optierecht (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stock option, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription option, subscription right), opschakelen (break-in, busy override, call offering, circuit-entering, cut-in, intrusion, precedence, right of way), intekeningsrecht (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), inschrijvingsrecht (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), claimrecht (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), claim (claim, presumption, pretence). (various references)

Finnish		merkintäoikeus (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), etuosto-oikeus, ennakko-osto-oikeus. (various references)

French		réquisition d'une ressource, droit préférentiel de souscription (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right), droit de souscription (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right). (various references)

German		Zeichnungsrecht (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), Zeichnungsberechtigung (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), Vorkaufsrecht (option, preemption, right of first refusal, right of preemption), Subskriptionsrecht (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), Recht auf vorzugsweise Zeichnung (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), Entzug eines Betriebsmittels, Bezugsrecht (option), Betriebsmittelentzug. (various references)

Greek		προνομιακό δικαίωμα εγγραφής (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), προτιμησιακλ δικακωμα (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), προτίμηση (bias, choice, fancy, penchant, predilection, preference), δικαίωμα κατά προτίμηση εγγραφής (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), δικαίωμα προαιρέσεως (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), δικαίωμα προτιμήσεως (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), δικαίωμα εγγραφής (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references)

Hungarian		elővételi jog (option, pre-emptive right, right of pre-emption), elővásárlási jog (right of pre-emption), elővásárlás. (various references)

Italian		diritto di sottoscrizione preferenziale (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di sottoscrizione (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di prelazione (First refusal right, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di opzione (refusal). (various references)

Manx		roie-chionnagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		e-emptionpray

Portuguese		preempção. (various references)

Russian		преимущественное право на покупку. (various references)

Spanish		derecho de uso preferente. (various references)

Swedish		teckningsrätt (pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), blockerande användning. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự mua được trước, quyền ưu tiên mua được trước. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: preemption.
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-m-n-o-p-p-r-t"
	-2 letters: orpiment, peperoni.
	-3 letters: emptier, epitome, epitope, onetime, peptone, pereion, perpent, pimento, pioneer, pointer, preempt, promine, propene, propine, propmen, protein, tropine.
	-4 letters: emetin, emoter, empire, entire, epimer, ermine, impone, import, mentor, merino, meteor, metier, metope, minter, mopier, mopper, moppet, moreen, nipper, norite, opener, optime, orient, orpine, pereon, permit, pitmen, pointe, poteen, potmen, potpie, premen.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-m-n-o-p-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: preemptions.
	+3 letters: misperception, reappointment.
	+4 letters: mercaptopurine, misperceptions, peremptoriness, reappointments.
	+5 letters: mercaptopurines, reapportionment.
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