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 entire supply of a commodity
  • noun A form of civil marriage (in Roman law) in which a fictitious sale of the man and wife took place

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • [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

  • 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.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • 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

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  • JM has a coemption on a whole lot of stuff no one else wants.

    October 5, 2010