The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
COEMPTION
Noun
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
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