pre-existing
11pre-existing — UK / US adjective used for describing something that already existed before something else started …
12pre-existing debt — See antecedent debt …
13pre-existing obligation — See antecedent debt …
14Pre-conception counseling — (also called pre conceptual counseling) is based on the medical theory that all women of child bearing years should be pre screened for health and risk potentials before attempting to be pregnant. Physicians and baby experts recommend that a… …
15Pre-paid supplies — is a strategic studies term for those military supplies purchased prior to conflict. As a result they do not enter into the current cost considerations of conducting combat. Conflicts of high intensity and lengthy duration may have to rely mostly …
16pre-exist — verb (I, T) formal to exist before something else: Inform your doctor of any pre existing medical condition, eg, diabetes. pre existing adjective …
17pre-existent — adjective existing previously or before something variations on pre existent musical themes • Syn: ↑preexistent, ↑preexisting, ↑pre existing • Similar to: ↑antecedent • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
18pre-exist — verb [usu. as adjective pre existing] exist at or from an earlier time. ↘exist before. Derivatives pre existence noun pre existent adjective …
19Pre-dreadnought battleship — is the general term for all of the types of sea going battleships built between the mid 1890s and 1905. Pre dreadnoughts replaced the ironclad warships of the 1870s and 1880s. Built from steel, and protected by hardened steel armour, pre… …
20pre-emption rights — Where a company proposes to issue new shares, existing shareholders may have the right to be offered a pro rata part of the new shares before they are offered to a new shareholder. The rights are contained either in the Articles of Association or …
