There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
BAILMENT
bailment
(noun) the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bailment (plural bailments)
(obsolete) Bail.
(legal) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
Hypernyms
• (in law): contract
Hyponyms
• (in law): deposit
• (in law): loan
• (in law): mandate
• (in law): pawn
• (in law): pledge
Anagrams
• Main Belt, bimental, libament, main belt, mintable
Source: Wiktionary
Bail"ment, n.
1. (Law)
Definition: The action of bailing a person accused. Bailment . . . is the saving or delivery of a man out of prison before he hath satisfied the law. Dalton.
2. (Law)
Definition: A delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed. Blackstone.
Note: In a general sense it is sometimes used as comprehending all duties in respect to property. Story.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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