Usually means: Priority to proceed in traffic.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word right of way:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. right of way: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. right-of-way: Merriam-Webster
  3. right of way: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. right of way: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. right of way: Collins English Dictionary
  6. right of way: Vocabulary.com
  7. right of way: Wordnik
  8. right of way: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. right-of-way, right of way: Wiktionary
  10. right of way (rightof-way): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. right of way: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. right-of-way, right of way: Dictionary.com
  13. Right of Way (album), Right of Way (film), Right-of-way, Right-of-way (disambiguation), Right-of-way (railroad), Right-of-way (traffic), Right-of-way (transportation), Right of way (disambiguation), Right of way (public throughway), Right of way (rail), Right of way (shipping), Right of way, The Right of Way: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. right of way: Rhymezone
  15. right of way: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. Right of Way: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  17. right of way: FreeDictionary.org
  18. right of way: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. right-of-way, right of way: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. right of way: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  7. right-of-way, right of way: Legal dictionary
  8. right-of-way, right of way: Financial dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. right-of-way, right of way: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. right-of-way, right of way: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Right of way: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See right_of_ways as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (right of way)

noun:  (uncountable) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.
noun:  (countable) A legal right of passage over another's land or pathways.
noun:  (countable) A strip of land or alignment where portions of a roadway, railway, power line, or other utilities and their associated structures and facilities is located or passes acquired through eminent domain or expropriation.
noun:  (countable) Land on which a right of way exists.
noun:  (countable) The area modified for passage of a railway; often specifically the railbed and tracks.
noun:  (fencing, uncountable) The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.
noun:  (Wisconsin) The strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.

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