coemption (countable and uncountable, plural coemptions)
The buying of the entire supply of a commodity.
(historical) A form of civil marriage (in Roman law) in which a fictitious sale of the man and wife took place.
Source: Wiktionary
Co*emp"tion, n. Etym: [L. coëmptio, fr. coëmere to buy up. See Emption.]
Definition: The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity. [R.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
