单词 | pre-emption |
释义 | pre-emption(prɪˈɛmpʃən) noun 1. law the purchase of or right to purchase property in advance of or in preference to others 2. international law the right of a government to intercept and seize for its own purposes goods or property of the subjects of another state while in transit, esp in time of war Word origin C16: from Medieval Latin praeemptiō, from praeemere to buy beforehand, from emere to buy |
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