preoption

From pre- +‎ option.

preoption (countable and uncountable, plural preoptions)

1. The right of first choice; the right or ability to choose something before others.

   Synonym: first pick

• “preoption”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• protopine