In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DRAWDOWN
Etymology
Noun
drawdown (countable and uncountable, plural drawdowns)
The act of reduction or depletion.
The result of reduction or depletion.
A change in hydraulic head in a well or other body of water.
(economics) A measure of the decline from a historical peak in some variable, typically the cumulative profit or total open equity of a financial trading strategy.
(banking) The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.
Anagrams
• downdraw, downward
Source: Wiktionary
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CRISP
(adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; “a sharp photographic image”; “the sharp crack of a twig”; “the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
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