PREEMPTIVE RIGHT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preemptive right mean? 

• PREEMPTIVE RIGHT (noun)
  The noun PREEMPTIVE RIGHT has 1 sense:

1. the right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interest

  Familiarity information: PREEMPTIVE RIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREEMPTIVE RIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The right granting to shareholders the first opportunity to buy a new issue of stock; provides protection against dilution of the shareholder's ownership interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("preemptive right" is a kind of...):

pre-emption; preemption (the right to purchase something in advance of others)