pre-notificationn.
/ˌpriːnəʊtᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌprinoʊdəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Prior notification or intimation; advance notice, esp. with regard to legal, commercial, or financial matters; an instance of this.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > previous notice (of an event (good or bad))
prewarning1603
warninga1616
pre-noticea1680
pre-notification1765
pre-intimation1770
advance notice1859
1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. iv. 11 Bridget's pre-notification of them to Susannah..made it necessary for my uncle Toby to look into the affair.
1852 Times 15 Apr. 7/3 The Commodore..anchors abreast the town, and without the usual pre-notification or arrangement deputes a subordinate officer to the Governor.
1884 J. Tait Mind in Matter 147 By divine prenotification, Noah saved himself and family.
1956 Stanford Law Rev. 9 136 Those who argued that the marriage contract was created prior to notification regarded the breach of promise action as resting on the marriage contract in its prenotification, noneffective state.
1976 Times 1 July 4/8 A less detailed form of cost justification will be required than for normal pre-notifications.
2005 Mod. Materials Handling (Nexis) 1 Feb. 24 There was no pre-notification of what was in any shipment. Today, cases have bar coded compliance labels, and advanced ship notices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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