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.
COMPUTE
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
(verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
compute (third-person singular simple present computes, present participle computing, simple past and past participle computed)
(transitive) To reckon or calculate.
(intransitive, informal) To make sense.
Noun
compute (uncountable)
(computing, informal) computational power
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] Etym: [L. computare. See Count, v. t.]
Definition: To determine calculation; to reckon; to count. Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Burns.
Syn.
– To calculate; number; count; recken; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.
Com*pute", n. Etym: [L. computus: cf. F. comput.]
Definition: Computation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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