pre-empt´er

pre-empt´er
pre|empt or pre-empt «verb. pree EHMPT; noun. PREE ehmpt», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to secure before someone else can; acquire or take possession of beforehand: »

The cat had preempted the comfortable chair. When Istanbul's mayor raised a feeble protest, the Premier, it was said, suggested he take a long vacation and promptly pre-empted his office (Time).

2. to take over; displace: »

Lots of Americans don't like…when a special news show preempts the time of a popular evening program (Harper's).

3. U.S. and Canada. to settle on (land) with the right to buy it before others: »

He preempted the land by occupying it.

4. Cards. to shut out (other bids) by making an opening bid at a high level.
–v.i.
1. to preempt, as a thing or place.
2. Cards. to bid at a high level to prevent one's opponents from bidding or exchanging informational bids, or to keep one's partner from changing the declaration, especially at whist or bridge.
–n.
Cards. the act or practice of preempting: »

It is amazing how often pre-empts induce the most cautious bidders to make risky bids (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

╂[American English, back formation < preemption]
–pre|empt´er,
–pre-empt´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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