The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
ACQUIET
Ac*qui"et, v. t. Etym: [LL. acquietare; L. ad + quies rest. See Quiet and cf. Acquit.]
Definition: To quiet. [Obs.] Acquiet his mind from stirring you against your own peace. Sir A. Sherley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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