The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
disoblige
(verb) ignore someone’s wishes
trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother
(verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; “Sorry to trouble you, but...”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disoblige (third-person singular simple present disobliges, present participle disobliging, simple past and past participle disobliged)
(Britain) to be unwilling to oblige; to disappoint, to inconvenience, not to cooperate.
(Britain) To offend by an act of unkindness or incivility.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dis`o*blige", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. désobliger.]
1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to. Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them. South. My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. Addison.
2. To release from obligation. [Obs.] Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.