Coffee is among the most consumed beverages worldwide. According to Statista, an average person consumes roughly 42.6 liters of coffee per year.
AFFEER
Etymology
Verb
affeer (third-person singular simple present affeers, present participle affeering, simple past and past participle affeered)
(transitive, obsolete, legal) To assess or reduce an arbitrary penalty or amercement to a precise sum; to fix the market value of.
(transitive, obsolete) To confirm; to assure.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*feer", v. t. Etym: [OF. aforer, afeurer, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L. ad + forum market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning pri.]
1. To confirm; to assure. [Obs.] "The title is affeered." Shak.
2. (Old Law)
Definition: To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum. Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CORRECTION
(noun) a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases; “market runups are invariably followed by a correction”
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