first refusal

first refusal
first refusal noun
The chance to buy (esp property) before it is offered to others
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Main Entry:first

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(the right of) first refusal
: the right to accept or refuse something before it is offered to anyone else

If we decide to sell the house, we'll give our tenants first refusal. [=we will offer to sell the house to our tenants before offering to sell to other people]

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Main Entry:refusal

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ˌfirst reˈfusal [first refusal] noun uncountable (BrE)
the right to decide whether to accept or refuse sth before it is offered to others

Will you give me first refusal on the car, if you decide to sell it?


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  • first refusal — ➔ refusal * * * first refusal UK US noun [U] ► LAW RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL(Cf. ↑right of first refusal) …   Financial and business terms

  • first refusal — first re fusal n BrE have/give sb first refusal on sth to let someone decide whether to buy something before you offer to sell it to other people ▪ I ll let you have first refusal on the car …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • first refusal — noun have /give sb first refusal on sth BrE to let someone decide whether to buy something before you offer to sell it to other people: I ll let you have first refusal on the car …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • first refusal — /fɜst rəˈfjuzəl/ (say ferst ruh fyoohzuhl) noun the right of a customer to buy or refuse goods before they can be sold to anyone else: *He wants first refusal of anything else you have in the same style. –norman lindsay, 1938 …  

  • first refusal — first re fusal noun uncount the opportunity to buy something before it is offered to anyone else …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • first refusal — noun the privilege of deciding whether to accept or reject something before it is offered to others …   English new terms dictionary

  • first refusal — UK / US noun [uncountable] the opportunity to buy something before it is offered to anyone else …   English dictionary

  • first refusal — A right to elect to take specified property at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as those contained in a good faith offer by a third person if the owner manifests a willingness to accept the offer. Coastal Bay Golf Club, Inc. v …   Black's law dictionary

  • first refusal — A right to elect to take specified property at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as those contained in a good faith offer by a third person if the owner manifests a willingness to accept the offer. Coastal Bay Golf Club, Inc. v …   Black's law dictionary

  • Right of first refusal — (ROFR or RFR) is a contractual right that gives its holder the option to enter a business transaction with the owner of something, according to specified terms, before the owner is entitled to enter into that transaction with a third party. In… …   Wikipedia

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