preemption
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /priːˈɛmpʃən/
preemption
- The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
- The purchase of public land by the occupant.
- (computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
- (law) The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.
- French: préemption
- Portuguese: preempção
- Spanish: preempción, prevalencia, primacía
- Portuguese: preempção
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