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Preëmption

//pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Rare spelling of preemption. alt-of, countable, rare, uncountable

    "All the foreigners who had served therein were entitled to homesteads, many lands were open to preëmption by foreigners…"

Etymology

From Latin prae- (“before”) + ēmptiō (“buying”), from ēmptus, perfect passive participle of emō (“buy”).

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