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.
DEPUTIZE
depute, deputize, deputise
(verb) appoint as a substitute
substitute, deputize, deputise, step in
(verb) act as a substitute; “She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deputize (third-person singular simple present deputizes, present participle deputizing, simple past and past participle deputized)
(transitive) To make (someone) a deputy; to officially empower.
(transitive) To make or name as a substitute.
(intransitive) To act as a deputy.
Source: Wiktionary
Dep"u*tize, v. t.
Definition: To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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