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Preemptive Right

Definition: Preemptive Right

Preemptive Right

Noun

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Preemptive Right

DomainDefinition

Finance

Priority rights. Used in the Bank to refer to the rights of member countries that face a loss of relative voting power as a result of capital increases to maintain their relative voting power by purchasing additional shares. Source: European Union. (references)
 Right of each shareholder to acquire a portion of the newly issued shares corresponding to his prior partecipation. Source: European Union. (references)
 A preferential right reserved to the shareholders of a company to subscribe for additional shares in proportion to their existing shareholdings on the occasion of an increase of capital. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Preemptive Right

Expression using "preemptive right": issue with preemptive right. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Preemptive Right

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

preemptive right

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Preemptive Right

Language Translations for "preemptive right"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tegningsrettighed (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stock option, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription option, subscription right), tegningsretsbevis (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), tegningsret (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), fortegningsret (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voorkooprecht (First refusal right), voorkeursrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), recht van voorkoop (First refusal right), recht van voorkeur (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), optierecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stock option, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription option, subscription right), intekeningsrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), inschrijvingsrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), claimrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), claim (claim, presumption, pretence). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

merkintäoikeus (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references)

   

French

  

droit préférentiel de souscription (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right), droit de souscription (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right), droit de préemption (pre emption, preemption). (various references)

   

German

  

Zeichnungsrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), Zeichnungsberechtigung (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), Vorkaufsrecht (option, preemption, right of first refusal, right of preemption), Subskriptionsrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), Recht auf vorzugsweise Zeichnung (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), Bezugsrecht (option). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προνομιακό δικαίωμα εγγραφής (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), προτιμησιακλ δικακωμα (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), δικαίωμα κατά προτίμηση εγγραφής (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), δικαίωμα προαιρέσεως (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), δικαίωμα προτιμήσεως (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), δικαίωμα εγγραφής (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references)

   

Italian

  

diritto d'opzione (right to subscribe), diritto di sottoscrizione preferenziale (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di sottoscrizione (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di prelazione (First refusal right, pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di opzione (refusal). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eemptivepray ightray

   

Portuguese

  

direito de subscrição preferente (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), direito de subscrição (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), direito de preferência na subscrição (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), direito de preferência (action for the refund by one or several heirs to a third party of the interest in an estate sold to him by a joint heir, pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

преимущественное право. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

título a que acompaña un derecho de suscripción (security which carries a preemptive right), emisión con derechos de suscripción preferente (issue with preemptive right, rights issue), ejercicio del derecho preferente (exercise of a preemptive right, exercise of the right of pre-emption). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

teckningsrätt (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Preemptive Right

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-g-h-i-i-m-p-p-r-r-t-t-v"

-5 letters: preemptive, repetitive.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Preemptive Right


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 65 65 6D 70 74 69 76 65      52 69 67 68 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01010010 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#101 &#101 &#109 &#112 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#32 &#82 &#105 &#103 &#104 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0065 0065 006D 0070 0074 0069 0076 0065      0052 0069 0067 0068 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5084717179828675887125275737486

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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