preëmption

/pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"All the foreigners who had served therein were entitled to homesteads, many lands were open to preëmption by foreigners…"
"No person can exercise the preëmption right who is already the owner of 320 acres of land."
"“If you had two hundred dollars to pay on your preëmption you could borrow some.”"
"The hope was to preëmpt the preëmption of laws like Orange County’s."

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

preëmptions (plural)

preëmpt preëmptible preëmptioner preëmptive preëmptively preëmptor preëmptory

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How do you pronounce preëmption?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹiːˈɛmp.ʃən/.

What does preëmption mean?

Rare spelling of preemption.

Where does preëmption come from?

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

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