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
DorothÉE	do-ro-TE	French
Elisabet	e-LEE-sah-bet (Swedish, Norwegian), E-lee-sah-bet (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Spanish, Biblical Greek
Reene	-	English (Rare)
Job	JOB (English), YAWP (Dutch)	Biblical, Dutch
Kunti	-	Hinduism
TomaŽ	-	Slovene