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.
AUGHT
nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
(noun) a quantity of no importance; âit looked like nothing I had ever seen beforeâ; âreduced to nil all the work we had doneâ; âwe racked up a pathetic goose eggâ; âit was all for naughtâ; âI didnât hear zilch about itâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Pronoun
aught
anything whatsoever, any part.
Etymology 2
Meaning of "zero" by confusion with naught. Used amongst those who were once called "non-U" speakers of English.
Noun
aught (plural aughts)
whit, the smallest part, iota.
(archaic) zero
The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009.
Usage notes
The use of "aught" and "ought" to mean "zero" is very much proscribed as the word "aught" originally meant the opposite of "naught": "anything". This may be due to misanalysis, or may simply be the result of speakers confusing the meanings of "aught" and "naught" due to similar-sounding phonemes.
Adverb
aught (not comparable)
(archaic) At all, in any degree, in any respect.
Etymology 3
Noun
aught (uncountable)
(regional) Estimation.
(regional) Of importance or consequence (in the phrase "of aught").
(regional, rare, obsolete) Esteem, respect.
Usage notes
In the first sense, generally found in the phrase "in one's aught" as inË "In my aught, this play ain't worth the candle". In the second sense, generally found in the phrase "of aught" as inË "nothing of aught has happened since you've been away, Sir". In the third sense, generally found in the phrase "a man of aught", or rarely in the more archaic phrase "to show somebody or something (some) aught" as inË "show your mother some aught, son".
Etymology 4
Noun
aught (plural aughts)
Property; possession
Duty; place; office
Verb
aught (third-person singular simple present aughts, present participle aughting, simple past and past participle aughted)
to own, possess
to owe, be obliged or obligated to
Adjective
aught (comparative more aught, superlative most aught)
possessed of
Etymology 5
Numeral
aught
Obsolete or dialectal form of eight.
Anagrams
• ghaut
Source: Wiktionary
Aught, Aucht, n. Etym: [AS. , fr. agan to own, p. p. ahte.]
Definition: Property; possession. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Aught, n. Etym: [OE. aught, ought, awiht, AS. awiht, a ever + wiht. *136. See Aye ever, and Whit, Wight.]
Definition: Anything; any part. [Also written ought.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.
Aught, adv.
Definition: At all; in any degree. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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