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pre-option|priːˈɒpʃən|
[pre- A. 2.]
An option before any one else; right of first choice.
1666Bp. Reynolds Serm. Westm. Abbey 7 Nov. 19 He gave unto Lot the praeoption of what part of the Land he would live in. 1732Stackhouse Hist. Bible (1752) I. v. iv. 723/2 Agamemnon, as General, had the Preoption of what Part of the Booty he pleas'd. 1830J. H. Monk Life R. Bentley (1833) II. 98 note, The right of the senior graduates to the preoption of livings. |