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.
ARBITRARY
arbitrary
(adjective) based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; “an arbitrary decision”; “the arbitrary rule of a dictator”; “an arbitrary penalty”; “of arbitrary size and shape”; “an arbitrary choice”; “arbitrary division of the group into halves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
arbitrary (comparative more arbitrary, superlative most arbitrary)
(usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.
(mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.
Determined by independent arbiter.
(linguistics) Not representative or symbolic; not iconic.
Noun
arbitrary (plural arbitraries)
Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"bi*tra*ry, a. Etym: [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See Arbiter.]
1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. Landor.
2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. Washington.
3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. Dryden. Arbitrary constant, Arbitrary function (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements.
– Arbitrary quantity (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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