præ-emption
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See also: præemption
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
præ-emption (countable and uncountable, plural præ-emptions)
- Obsolete spelling of pre-emption
- 1703, Joseph Gander, The Glory of Her Sacred Majesty Queen Anne, page 104:
- By the Benefit of which Præ-emption alone, (nevertheleſs ’tis hoped) that about Twenty thouſand pound Sterling per Year or more, may be eaſily raiſed as a Fund or Stock […]