give first refusal

give somebody (the right of/to) first refusal

to offer to sell someone something before you offer it to anyone else (often + on ) I have given my existing publishers first refusal on my next book.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Juliet	JOO-lee-et, JOOL-yət	English
Olek	AW-lek	Polish
Mendel	-	Yiddish
Julija	YOO-lee-yah (Slovene)	Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Tabitha	['tæbiθə]
Sothy	-	Khmer