According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
DISTRAINT
distress, distraint
(noun) the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; “Originally distress was a landlord’s remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord’s lien”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
distraint (countable and uncountable, plural distraints)
(legal) The legal right of a landlord to seize the property of a tenant in the event of nonpayment of rent.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*traint", n. Etym: [OF. destrainte distress, force.] (Law)
Definition: The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. Abbott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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