Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Joint purchase; the sharing with another of what is bought.
- noun The act of purchasing all of a given commodity that is for sale, with a view to controlling its price.
- noun In Roman law, one of the modes of civil marriage, consisting in a sort of mutual sale of the parties, effected by the exchange of a small sum of money and other ceremonies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
buying of the entiresupply of acommodity - noun A form of
civil marriage (in Roman law) in which a fictitioussale of the man and wife took place
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Examples
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Monopolies, and coemption of wares for re – sale, where they are not restrained, are great means to enrich; especially if the party have intelligence, what things are like to come into request, and so store himself beforehand.
The Essays 2007
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Monopolies, and coemption of6 wares for re-sale, where they are not restrained, are great means to enrich; especially if the party have intelligence what things are like to come into request, and so store himself beforehand.
XXXIV. Of Riches 1909
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According to the custom of antiquity, he bought his bride of her parents, and she fulfilled the _coemption_ by purchasing, with three pieces of copper, a just introduction to his house and household deities.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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According to the custom of antiquity, he bought his bride of her parents, and she fulfilled the _coemption_ by purchasing, with three pieces of copper, a just introduction to his house and household deities.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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[115] According to the custom of antiquity, he bought his bride of her parents, and she fulfilled the coemption by purchasing, with three pieces of copper, a just introduction to his house and household deities.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Monopolies, and coemption of wares for re-sale, where they are not restrained, are great means to enrich; especially if the party have intelligence, what things are like to come into request, and so store himself beforehand.
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115 According to the custom of antiquity, he bought his bride of her parents, and she fulfilled the coemption by purchasing, with three pieces of copper, a just introduction to his house and household deities.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
jmjarmstrong commented on the word coemption
JM has a coemption on a whole lot of stuff no one else wants.
October 5, 2010