Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
AGIO
agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium
(noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
agio (plural agios)
(economics, finance) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
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• Iago
Source: Wiktionary
Ag"i*o, n.; pl. Agios. Etym: [It. aggio exchange, discount, premium, the same word as agio ease. See Ease.] (Com.)
Definition: The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
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