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preempt
(redirected from preemptive bid)

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preempt verb acquire beforehand, annex, appropriate for use, arrogate to oneself, assume, catch, exclude, force from, gain possession, invade, obtain, occupy, preclude, preoccupy, seize, take, take over, take possession of, usurp
Associated concepts: doctrine of federal preemption, preemption in filing, preemptive right, preemptive right of shareholders, right of preemption
See also: attach, distrain, preclude, seize, sequester


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McCain is betting that he can dim Obama's so far remarkably resilient star power -- and seems to be making preemptive bid to limit any 'bounce' his rival enjoys from his party convention in three weeks.
Sturner also has also been called a master of the preemptive bid, a maneuver in which a buyer tries to win a building mid-auction by offering a price higher than competing bidders but perhaps less than what the property would trade for if its price were to be bid up in the auction's later rounds by competing buyers.
I offered a plan of action that may have also appeared extreme: Submit a preemptive bid at a premium to the anticipated price.
 
 
 
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