right-of-way

*right-of-way

the legal right to occupy a particular space on a public roadway. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~; yield ~.) I had a traffic accident yesterday, but it wasn't my fault. I had the right-of-way. Don't pull out onto a highway if you haven't yielded the right-of-way.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Patty	PAT-ee	English
Petar	-	Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Britney	BRIT-nee	English (Modern)
Akash	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Leandra	le-AHN-drah (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Theotimus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)