The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
catchment
(noun) a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
catchment (plural catchments)
(often, attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
A catchment area, or the people it serves.
Source: Wiktionary
Catch"ment, n.
Definition: A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.