The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Es*cot", n. Etym: [OF.]
Definition: See Scot, a tax. [Obs.]
Es*cot", v. t.
Definition: To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.