AGRIBUSINESS

agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm

(noun) a large-scale farming enterprise

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

agribusiness (countable and uncountable, plural agribusinesses)

(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do. [from 1950s]

Synonym: agrobusiness

(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.

Synonym: agrobusiness

Source: Wiktionary



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GUILLOTINE

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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