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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Emptionnoun

    The act of purchasing; a purchase.

    Etymology: emptio, Latin.

    There is a dispute among the lawyers, whether Glaucus his exchanging his golden armour with the brazen one of Tydides, was emption or commutation. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

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  1. Emption

    Emption refers to the act of buying or acquiring something, typically a product or service, in exchange for money or other forms of payment. It refers to the transaction or process of obtaining ownership or possession of a particular item or resource. It can also be used to describe the act of taking control or obtaining power over something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Emptionnoun

    the act of buying

  2. Etymology: [L. emptio, fr. emere to buy.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Emption

    emp′shun, n. act of buying, purchase.—adj. Emp′tional. [L. emĕre, to buy.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of emption in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of emption in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of emption in a Sentence

  1. Eric Crosbie:

    The beverage industry and their lobbying arm are doing this very similarly to what we saw in the pre-emption of tobacco control, once it's in the legislation, it's difficult to reverse.

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