(law) A provision in a contract that permits a party to that contract or another named party to have an opportunity to purchase, use, or otherwise obtain a specified object before it is offered to any other party.

(biblical) The twenty-second book of the Christian Old Testament and the seventeenth book of the Hebrew Bible.

(biblical) Ecclesiasticus, a book of the Bible.

(slang, dated, World War I) A fussy or overly zealous military superior.

(idiomatic) Something that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment.

(idiomatic) One's own idea or conception.

Alternative form of thin end of the wedge

(historical) A pigment formed from gold and tin salts, used in glassmaking.

(archaic, idiomatic) A long-lasting agreement.

plural of genuine issue of material fact