Preëmption

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃən/

Origin

From Latin prae- ("before") + ēmptiō ("buying"), from ēmptus, perfect passive participle of emō ("buy").

Full definition of preëmption

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of preemption
• 1906, Guy Carleton Lee & Francis Newton Thorpe, The History of North America, p255All the foreigners who had served therein were entitled to homesteads, many lands were open to preëmption by foreigners…
• 2004, John Wesley Powell, The Arid Lands, p37No person can exercise the preëmption right who is already the owner of 320 acres of land.
• 2005, Mari Sandoz, Old Jules, p94“If you had two hundred dollars to pay on your preëmption you could borrow some.”

Related terms

• preëmpt
• preëmptible
• preëmptioner
• preëmptive
• preëmptively
• preëmptor
• preëmptory