preemption
1. [ noun ] (law) the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
Synonyms: pre-emption
Related terms: legal_right
2. [ noun ] (law) the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
Synonyms: pre-emption
Related terms: legal_principle law
3. [ noun ] a prior appropriation of something
Synonyms: pre-emption
Examples:

"the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"

Related terms: appropriation preempt
4. [ noun ] the right to purchase something in advance of others
Synonyms: pre-emption
Related terms: right subscription_right preemptive_right preempt
Similar spelling:   pre-emption
  preempt
  preemptive
  primping
  prompting
  preemptor
  prenuptial
  pre-emptor