According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
AGIOTAGE
agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium
(noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
agiotage (countable and uncountable, plural agiotages)
(dated, trading) Stock exchange business; especially, stockjobbing, manipulation of securities prices.
Source: Wiktionary
Ag"i*o*tage, n. Etym: [F. agiotage, fr. agioter to practice stockjobbing, fr. agio.]
Definition: Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds. Vanity and agiotage are to a Parisian the oxygen and hydrogen of life. Landor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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