preëmption

See also: preemption, préemption, and pre-emption

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃən/

Noun

preëmption (countable and uncountable, plural preëmptions)

Rare spelling of preemption.
- 1906, Guy Carleton Lee & Francis Newton Thorpe, The History of North America, p255
  All 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, p37
  No 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.”
- 2022, Elizabeth Kolbert, A Lake in Florida Suing to Protect Itself, pg14
  The hope was to preëmpt the preëmption of laws like Orange County’s.

Related terms

preëmpt
preëmptible
preëmptioner
preëmptive
preëmptively
preëmptor
preëmptory

References

- preëmption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913, see page 1128.

Anagrams

peremption

单词	preëmption
释义	preëmption See also: preemption, préemption, and pre-emption English Etymology From Latin prae- (“before”) + ēmptiō (“buying”), from ēmptus, perfect passive participle of emō (“buy”). Pronunciation IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃən/ Noun preëmption (countable and uncountable, plural preëmptions) Rare spelling of preemption. 1906, Guy Carleton Lee & Francis Newton Thorpe, The History of North America, p255 All 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, p37 No 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.” 2022, Elizabeth Kolbert, A Lake in Florida Suing to Protect Itself, pg14 The hope was to preëmpt the preëmption of laws like Orange County’s. Related terms preëmpt preëmptible preëmptioner preëmptive preëmptively preëmptor preëmptory References preëmption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913, see page 1128. Anagrams peremption
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