The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coemption
Coemption \Co*emp"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. co["e]mptio, fr.
co["e]mere to buy up. See Emption.]
The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity. [R.]
--Bacon.
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Wiktionary
coemption
n. 1 The buying of the entire supply of a commodity 2 A form of civil marriage (in Roman law) in which a fictitious sale of the man and wife took place