RIGHT OF FIRST PUBLICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right of first publication mean? 

• RIGHT OF FIRST PUBLICATION (noun)
  The noun RIGHT OF FIRST PUBLICATION has 1 sense:

1. a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

  Familiarity information: RIGHT OF FIRST PUBLICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT OF FIRST PUBLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

copyright; right of first publication

Hypernyms ("right of first publication" is a kind of...):

legal right (a right based in law)

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))