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.
APANAGE
appanage, apanage
(noun) a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; “bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families”
appanage, apanage
(noun) any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; “for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
apanage (plural apanages)
A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright.
Verb
apanage (third-person singular simple present apanages, present participle apanaging, simple past and past participle apanaged)
(transitive) To confer an apanage upon.
Anagrams
• Pangaea, Pangæa
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"an*age, n.
Definition: Same as Appanage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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