preëmption
/pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃən/
preëmption is the rare spelling of preemption.
Meaning of preemption
Noun
preemption (countable and uncountable, plural preemptions)
- The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
- The purchase of public land by the occupant.
- The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
- The supersession of a conflicting law from a lower jurisdiction by an overlapping law from a higher jurisdiction.
- Synonyms:
- occupancy
Forms of preëmption
| plural | preëmptions |
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Origin of preëmption
From Latin prae- (“before”) + ēmptiō (“buying”), from ēmptus, perfect passive participle of emō (“buy”).
Questions about preëmption
- What is preëmption the rare spelling of?
- Preëmption is the rare spelling of preemption.
- How do you pronounce preëmption?
- Preëmption is pronounced /pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃən/.
Words near preëmption in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: preëmption (page history and authors); preemption (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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