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Emption

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of buying; purchase. obsolete, uncountable

    "There is a diſpute among the lawyers, whe ther Glaucus's exchanging the golden armour with the brazen one of Tydides, was emption or commutation."

Etymology

From Latin emptio, from emere (“to buy”).

See also for "emption"

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