n.
a slang abbreviation forpre-emptive right.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xxiv.p. 322:
«My friend has the run and the stock and the pre-empts all inhis own hands.»
·- A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank); as, precede, to go before; precursor, a for...
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A right of purchasing necessary cargoes upon reasonable compensation to the individual whose propert...
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