right of way

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˌright of ˈway [right of way rights of way] BrE NAmE noun (pl. ˌrights of ˈway)
1. uncountable (especially BrE)legal permission to go onto or through another person's land
•Private property— no right of way.
2. countable (especially BrE)a public path that goes through private land
•a public right of way for walkers
3. uncountable the right to drive across or into a road before another vehicle
•I had right of way at the junction.
•Whose right of way is it?