Pre-emption - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |prɪˈempʃn|  American pronunciation of the word pre-emption
Brit.  |prɪˈempʃn|  British pronunciation of the word pre-emption

noun

- the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject (syn: preemption)
- the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) (syn: preemption)
- the right to purchase something in advance of others (syn: preemption)
- a prior appropriation of something (syn: preemption)
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