preemption

See also: peremption, préemption, preëmption, and pre-emption

English

Alternative forms

• præemption (archaic)
• præ-emption (archaic)
• pre-emption
• preëmption

Etymology

From Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from Latin prae- (“before”) + emō (“buy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /priːˈɛmpʃən/

Noun

preemption (countable and uncountable, plural preemptions)

1. An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as:
   1. The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
   2. The purchase of public land by the occupant.
   3. (computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
   4. (law) The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.

Derived terms

• preempt

Translations

the purchase of something before it is offered for sale

• French: préemption (fr) f
• Polish: pierwokup (pl) m
• Portuguese: preempção (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: preče pravo kupovine, pravo prvokupa

the purchase of public land by the occupant

the displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction

• Spanish: preempción f, prevalencia (es) f, primacía

computing: temporary interruption of a process

• German: Präemption f
• Polish: wywłaszczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: preempção (pt) f

Anagrams

• peremption