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.
See also: first, give

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DorothÉEdo-ro-TEFrench
Elisabete-LEE-sah-bet (Swedish, Norwegian), E-lee-sah-bet (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Biblical Greek
Reene-English (Rare)
JobJOB (English), YAWP (Dutch)Biblical, Dutch
Kunti-Hinduism
TomaŽ-Slovene