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

They have first refusal rather than a guaranteed, pre-set buy-back, but there remains a feeling Boro are enjoying Lankshear while they can.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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

SpaceX, like many other private firms, typically holds the right of first refusal.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026

Texas Pacific will receive an equity interest in Bolt, warrants, and a right of first refusal to supply water to Bolt-affiliated projects.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

So this seemed to me to be quite enough to explain Uldra's first refusal, and though I believe that Relf had been on the point of telling me more, he forbore, and let this suffice.

From King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler

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