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.
ATTRIBUTION
attribution, ascription
(noun) assigning to a cause or source; “the attribution of lighting to an expression of God’s wrath”; “he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso”
attribution, ascription
(noun) assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; “the attribution of language to birds”; “the ascription to me of honors I had not earned”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
attribution (countable and uncountable, plural attributions)
The act of attributing something.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
Source: Wiktionary
At`tri*bu"tion, n. Etym: [L. attributio: cf. F. attribution.]
1. The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.
2. That which is ascribed or attributed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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