Emption
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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”).