- 1. n. The act or right of purchasing before others. Source: opted
- 2. n. The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others. Source: opted
- 3. n. The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants. Source: opted
- 4. n. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject Source: wordnet
- 5. n. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) Source: wordnet
- 6. n. the right to purchase something in advance of others Source: wordnet
- 7. n. a prior appropriation of something Source: wordnet
- 8. n:100 n. the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject n. the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) n. the right to purchase something in advance of others Source: ecdict
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