There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
CHAFFERED
Verb
chaffered
simple past tense and past participle of chaffer
Source: Wiktionary
CHAFFER
Chaff"er, n.
Definition: One who chaffs.
Chaf"fer, n. Etym: [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ceáp a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare.]
Definition: Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] Holished.
Chaf"fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffered; p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffering.] Etym: [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.]
1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden.
2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.
Chaf"fer, v. t.
1. To buy or sell; to trade in. He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser.
2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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