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
Morgen-Arthurian Romance
Nikoleni-KOL (English)Basque, English
Carlyn-English
Ambakoum-Biblical Greek
Bohuslavbo-hoo-SLAHV (Ukrainian)Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
AmonAH-mun (English)Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)