first refusal

British  

noun

1. the chance of buying a house, merchandise, etc, before the offer is made to other potential buyers

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first refusal

After their previous contract ended last summer, it was replaced by a "first look deal", which gives Netflix first refusal on any new proposed shows from the duke and duchess.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Mason said CBS News will have right of first refusal on any interviews he books and is helping to promote the launch of “Alchemy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Forge noted that the right of first refusal process must be completed before trades on its platform are completed.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026

“They offered no advance. The clause that I really should have taken out was the right of first refusal, which boxed me in,” she explained.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2025

It may easily be conceived that the believing soul might, even in the first refusal, unconsciously follow a quiet inclination of the heart which had secretly said yes or no.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav