Government agencies and nonprofit organizations have first dibs and can get lighthouse titles for free.
Among other things, it gives the feds first dibs on the production of goods.
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By tradition the party that comes out ahead has first dibs at forming a government.
Suddenly, the potential of getting some dibs on their considerable money grew larger.
The idea is to help the team get first dibs in the draft and pick up a promising player.
The Lions Club had dibs on the proceeds from recycled phone books, so the haulers helped gather them for free.
At Salomon Smith Barney, the heads of companies that hired the firm got first dibs on hot initial offerings of internet stocks.
And when vacancies come up the runners get first dibs on it.
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He had dibs on the head of the line: Aramark handles Ellis Island's concessions, audio tours and special-event services for the U.S. government.
All of them, girl (8), girl (13) and boy (11) fought for the rights but first dibs went to the 8 year old.
They get first dibs, ahead of general creditors, on the reserves.
In return, cable companies will be able to lock consumers into multi-year contracts and get first dibs on high-volume streamers, the most profitable market segment.
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So, the Los Angeles-based Peta asked for first dibs.
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And if the referred client doesn't yet have an account with a financial adviser, the referring adviser has first dibs when the client is ready for one.
In other words, college gets first dibs on your wallet.
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When Web editor Laura Conaway proposed doing a mashup of the five stages of grief with the "Best Song in the World Today" I immediately called dibs on stage five: acceptance.
When inventory is extremely tight, like it is now with the hot new iMac, who gets first dibs on the coveted computers, Apple's own stores or its customers, the large retailers?
Such share discrepancies can result from innocent errors or from something more: naked short sales of Pegasus stock, meaning a short-seller has not properly gotten dibs on shares to borrow before selling.
It gives newly-weds first dibs on housing.
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