Synonyms for "preemption" (27 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

adoptionappropriationarrogationassumptioncolonizationconquest

Strong matches (8)

emptionenslavementfirst optionfirst refusalindentoccupationoption

Noun(1 words)

occupancy

Related words (13)

pre emptionpreoccupationprepossessionrefusalrequisitionright of emptionright of preemptionsubjugationtakeovertaking overusurpation

Noun(2 words)

pre-emptionprocatalepsis

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries

appropriationjudicial doctrinejudicial principlelegal principlelegal rightright

derived

3 entries

preemptpreemptionalpreemptioner

has context

2 entries

computinglaw

is a

4 entries

appropriationlegal principlelegal rightright

related to

6 entries

interruptionlandoccupantpublicpurchasetemporary

Translations

11 translations across 6 languages.

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French

1 entries

• préemption noun (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)

German

3 entries

• Präemption noun (computing: temporary interruption of a process)
• Vorkauf noun (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)
• Vorrangwirkung noun (the displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction)

Polish

2 entries

• pierwokup noun (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)
• wywłaszczenie noun (computing: temporary interruption of a process)

Portuguese

2 entries

• preempção noun (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)
• preempção noun (computing: temporary interruption of a process)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• pravo prvokupa noun (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)
• preče pravo kupovine noun (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)

Spanish

1 entries

• preempción noun (the displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction)

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