Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
COMPENSATED
compensated, remunerated, salaried, stipendiary
(adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation; “salaried workers”; “a stipendiary magistrate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
compensated
simple past tense and past participle of compensate
Source: Wiktionary
COMPENSATE
Com"pen*sate ( or ; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] Etym: [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendum.]
1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompence; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.
2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for. The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon. The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.
Syn.
– To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance.
Com"pen*sate, v. i.
Definition: To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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