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单词 pre-emption
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pre-emption /prɪˈɛmpʃən/ n
  1. the purchase of or right to purchase property in advance of or in preference to others
  2. the right of a government to intercept and seize for its own purposes goods or property of the subjects of another state while in transit, esp in time of war
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin praeemptiō, from praeemere to buy beforehand, from emere to buy
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