"right of first refusal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rights of first refusal [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|rights of first refusal}} right of first refusal (plural rights of first refusal)
  1. (law) A provision in a contract that permits a party to that contract or another named party to have an opportunity to purchase, use, or otherwise obtain a specified object before it is offered to any other party. Categories (topical): Law Translations (contractual provision): voorkeursrecht [neuter] (Dutch), recht van voorverkoop [neuter] (Dutch), droit de préemption [masculine] (French), Vorkaufsrecht [neuter] (German), opció (Hungarian), vételi jog (Hungarian), opciós jog (Hungarian), diritto di prelazione [masculine] (Italian), forkjøpsrett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), direito de preempção [masculine] (Portuguese), derecho de tanteo [masculine] (Spanish), förköpsrätt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-right_of_first_refusal-en-noun-4JlnpQhA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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