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preemptive right

noun

  1. a privilege given to an existing shareholder to buy a portion of a new stock issue at the offering price on a pro-rata per-share basis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of preemptive right1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

Staggered by this preemptive right, sacred to all miners, Cass stopped.

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