Words · Less common
preemption
/pˌɹiˈɛmpʃən/ · 10 letters · 8 distinct letters
- noun
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
- noun
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
- noun
the right to purchase something in advance of others
- noun
a prior appropriation of something
the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests