The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
ABSUMPTION
Ab*sump"tion (#; 215), n. Etym: [L. absumptio. See Absume.]
Definition: Act of wasting away; a consuming; extinction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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