Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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preemption | Yes | No | No | No |
subscription right | Yes | No | No | No |
preemption (noun) | subscription right (noun) |
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a prior appropriation of something | the right of a shareholder in a company to subscribe to shares of a new issue of common stock before it is offered to the public |
the right to purchase something in advance of others | |
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) | |
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject |