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.
COMMISSARIAT
commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, victuals
(noun) a stock or supply of foods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
commissariat (plural commissariats)
A supply of food.
The department of an army that supplies provisions for the troops.
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.
A territorial and governmental unit of Colombia at some points in its history.
Anagrams
• marcatissimo
Source: Wiktionary
Com`mis*sa"ri*at, n. Etym: [F. commissariat.] (Mil.) (a) The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries. (b) The body of officers charged with such service.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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