There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
bargaining
(noun) the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bargaining
present participle of bargain
bargaining (plural bargainings)
The act of one who bargains.
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"gain, n. Etym: [OE. bargayn, bargany, OF. bargaigne, bargagne, prob. from a supposed LL. barcaneum, fr. barca a boat which carries merchandise to the shore; hence, to traffic to and fro, to carry on commerce in general. See Bark a vessel. ]
1. An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds himself to receive the property and pay the consideration. A contract is a bargain that is legally binding. Wharton.
2. An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. And whon your honors mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith. Shak.
3. A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain.
4. The thing stipulated or purchased; also, anything bought cheap. She was too fond of her most filthy bargain. Shak. Bargain and sale (Law), a species of conveyance, by which the bargainor contracts to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i.e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. Blackstone.
– Into the bargain, over and above what is stipulated; besides.
– To sell bargains, to make saucy ( usually indelicate) repartees. [Obs.] Swift.
– To strike a bargain, to reach or ratify an agreement. "A bargain was struck." Macaulay.
Syn.
– Contract; stipulation; purchase; engagement.
Bar"gain, v. i. Etym: [OE. barganien, OF. bargaigner, F. barguigner, to hesitate, fr. LL. barcaniare. See Bargain, n.]
Definition: To make a bargain; to make a contract for the exchange of property or services; -- followed by with and for; as, to bargain with a farmer for a cow. So worthless peasants bargain for their wives. Shak.
Bar"gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bargained (p. pr. & vb. n. Bargaining.]
Definition: To transfer for a consideration; to barter; to trade; as, to bargain one horse for another. To bargain away, to dispose of in a bargain; -- usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage; as, to bargain away one's birthright. "The heir . . . had somehow bargained away the estate." G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
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There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.