Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
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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