pre-optionn.

1666 E. Reynolds Serm. Westm. 19 He gave unto Lot the praeoption of what part of the Land he would live in.

1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible I. v. v. 751/1 Agamemnon, as General, had the Pre-option of what Part of the Booty he pleased.

1830 J. H. Monk Life R. Bentley xvi. 412 (note) The right of the senior graduates to the preoption of livings.

1858 W. H. Hale Domesday St. Paul's p. cxxvi It is probable that this restriction did not prohibit generally the sale of animals bred by the tenants, but only gave to the lord the pre-option of purchase.

1870 Times 5 Mar. 9/3 The position of the landlord is simply this—that he has the pre-option of cultivation.

1958 Times 11 June 9/3 The..treasure..was sold by auction to-day... A pre-option was immediately announced on behalf of the Louvre, which is thereby empowered to take over the bid.

1981 W. D. Setzekorn Formerly Brit. Honduras vi. 156 The Republic now began threatening the Settlement with the withdrawal of wood-cutting rights in Belize, a preoption they claimed to have inherited from Spain stemming from treaties of 1783 and 1786.

2005 FD Wire (Nexis) 10 Nov. These bookings are kind of pre-options of advertisers on our books.