pre-emption
pronunciation
How to pronounce pre-emption in British English:
UK [priˈempʃn]
How to pronounce pre-emption in American English:
US [priˈempʃn]
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- Noun:
- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
- the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
- the right to purchase something in advance of others
- a prior appropriation of something